Hazel Bennett writes engagingly and informatively about the things that really matter when you're training to be a teacher. Covering all the practicalities - from choosing the right course and getting into your first-choice college, through to finding the right teaching post for you and juggling a life with your new career - her advice is realistic and down-to-earth. Creative suggestions for planning mock lessons at college and strategies for surviving the dreaded TP are included, as are tips for passing the obligatory literacy, numeracy and ICT tests. Quite simply the ultimate survival manual for trainees everywhere. This new edition is more accessible than ever and contains the latest professional standards.

1. Preparation for Training
   - Why be a teacher?
   - Choosing the right course
   - The right college or university
   - Funding
   Part 2: Getting onto the course
   - Think ahead
   - The interview
   - The pre-course placement
   Part 3: Getting through the Course
   Part 1: In college
   - Freshers' week
   - Lectures
   - Essays
   - Assignments and projects
   - Mock-up lessons in college
   - Exams
   Part 2: Teaching Practice
   - The preparation
   - Different formats for teaching practice
   - Easing yourself in the school
   - And now down to the business of the jon
   - Being a reflective practitioner
   - Coping with Ofsted while on teaching practice
   - Parents' consultation evenings
   - The post-mortem
   - Getting organised for the future
   Part 3: Professional standards for qualified teacher status
   4: The Side Issues
   - Stress management
   - Balancing the course and family life
   5: Getting Ready for the Real World
   - Finding your first job
   - Supply teaching in your school at the end of the summer term
   The directory
   - Abbreviations and acronyms
   - Teachers' unions and associations
   - Supply teaching agencies
   - Suggested further reading and bibliography

Hazel Bennett is a teacher with over 30 years' experience in primary, secondary, special, inner-city and suburban schools. She is the author of the best-selling 'Ultimate Teacher's Guide'.