50 Ways to be a Better Relief Teacher by Bob Brandis - HTML preview

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Balance the lesson.

Variety is the spice of life – or so the saying goes. I have visited many lessons in my time as a principal.

And in some of these rooms I find it difficult to stay awake, myself.

Are you boring the brains out of your class?

Stand back and have a good hard look. If you are – add variety. Speed it up, slow it down, add visuals, change the lesson from passive to active, get excited, calm things down – do anything to break up the boredom.

Intersperse passive time