As a distinguished ‘Amazon No.1 Best Selling’ international education author, Jon’s books are read by teachers and school leaders across the world, including one of his books that was translated into Spanish and sold across Latin America.
Stepping into Senior Leadership
Published March 2021
Description: This is the ultimate guide for any new or aspiring senior leader. Whether you're looking to move into senior leadership or you've just taken your first post, you'll find expert guidance, tips and advice in this practical pocket handbook.
From writing the winning application and acing the interview, to settling into the post and developing a vision for your school, leadership expert Jon Tait reveals what it takes to be the very best senior leader. Giving you space to reflect on your skills and techniques, as well as invaluable tips for leading staff, pupils and parents, this is the ideal go-to guide to start the next phase of your career in education.
Teaching Rebooted
Published Aug 2020
Description: Teaching Rebooted uncovers the most important pieces of educational research on the science of learning, helping teachers to understand how we learn and retain information. Jon Tait explores strategies such as metacognition, interleaving, dual coding and retrieval practice, examining the evidence behind each approach and providing practical ideas to embed them in classroom practice.
This pick-up-and-go manual highlights some of the classroom fads that have come and gone to allow readers to reflect on their practice and decision-making. It offers practical tips to help teachers change what they are doing in the classroom straightaway, bridging the gap between academic research and day-to-day practice for teachers at any stage of their career. Written by an experienced senior leader responsible for teaching and learning, school improvement, professional development and educational research, this guide will help reboot teaching so it is both evidence informed and effective.
Succeeding as a Head of Year
Published Jan 2020
Looking to develop your skills so you can be successful as a head of year? Striving to get into pastoral leadership as a middle leader? Then Succeeding as a Head of Year is the ultimate guide for you!
Adopting an easy-to-follow, chronological approach, Jon Tait takes you through everything you need to know to be an outstanding head of year, from applying for your first post to leading a team of form tutors, managing behaviour, working with parents and supporting specific year groups. With tips on finding the right post and sailing through the interview process and advice on day-to-day practice and challenges, this is the ideal compendium for navigating this role.
Written by an experienced pastoral leader and including case studies with aspiring, current and former middle leaders, this book is filled with practical, honest and open guidance to help you succeed as a head of year.
100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers - Engaging Learners
Published Aug 2017
Are your students really engaged in your teaching? Teachers everywhere are looking for quick and easy ways to liven up their lessons, try something new and exciting, or just tweak a strategy or practice that they have been doing for years. This is a 'recipe style' book that you can dip in and out of when you are looking for inspiration.
100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Engaging Learners contains techniques and activities to apply to every area of classroom teaching, from livening up displays to using technology effectively, and even includes advice on greeting students and providing motivational feedback. Put these ideas into practice to get your class engaged and ready to learn.