There should be a copy in every staffroom...In short it's invaluable: keep it under lock or key, or your colleagues will pinch it." TES ?This book will help you negotiate the minefield that is the teaching profession. It?s realistic, practical and stuffed with valuable information.? Sue Cowley This is the definitive teaching resource for trainees everywhere. Drawing on the advice of professionals from every sphere of education, teaching guru, Sue Cowley, presents a vivid insider's guide to surviving in teaching - from preparing for teaching practice and finding a job, to planning lessons and managing behaviour, right through to grappling with ICT and progressing your career Illustrated throughout with checklists, real-life documents and a series of interviews with people working in education, this is the most user-friendly, entertaining and realistic book on teaching ever published. The second edition of this classic text has been fully up-dated and boasts a new chapter on ?teaching and learning?, a series of new interviews and an edu-speak jargon-buster.

"An outstanding presentation from a prolific, effective and sympathetic practicioner." The Teacher, 1 December 2007
"If you are looking for a true teaching companion, then look no further. This resource is so well put together, that all teachers would find it worth reading or dipping into. There is no doubt that there should be more than one copy of this book in every school." Learning and Teaching Update, March 2008
The second edition of Sue Cowley's Guerilla Guide to Teaching [Continuum £16.99] has been published. The lively manual has been noted for its ability to cut through jargon and is aimed at students and newly qualified teachers.   -- Anne Cowan * Scotsman, The *

Sue Cowley is the author of a number of best-selling education and parenting books. She writes regularly for several teaching publications, including the TES and Junior Education. She has taught students at both primary and secondary level, in the UK and overseas. She now works as an educational writer, trainer and presenter.