extra curricular magazine  Autumn 09 issue out now

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XCM is now sponsored by Atlas Language School and Tutor Com the french private tuition specialists

XCM is a new magazine for teachers in London belonging to Higher Education providers in the capital and managed by London University's Institute of Education. It is published once a term and delivered free of charge to all schools, colleges, pupil referral units, LEAs and HE institutions in the capital.

The magazine is sponsored by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, a charity which takes a special interest in increasing teacher recruitment in shortage subject areas.

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Black awareness

Last month's London Schools & Black Child Conference was told that 'cynical, patronising and ineffective teachers are failing entire communities', and particularly Caribbean boys. But the NUT's Steve Snotty insists this is grossly unfair.
 

Taste the porridge

London school pupils are being shown the harsh realities of prison life as part of a new crime reduction programme in the capital.
 

Method to our madness

To outsiders, a school's decision-making process can seem baffling, but such is life when you're trying to resolve complex, conflicting demands, writes Prof Tim Brighouse.
 

Law of the jungle

Successful control of a class requires a combination of confidence and giving off the 'right signals'. We look at how a new teacher can establish a sense of authority in the classroom jungle.
 

The unspeakable truth

Just how much should teachers reveal about their personal life? Does it matter if they enjoy an unconventional lifestyle? We talk to Prof Kate Myers, the author of Teachers Behaving Badly?, and some who face the dilemma of trust.
 

Making maths count

Many of the laws of mathematics are taught as facts without providing proof. We report on how the London Mathematics Centre aims to rejuvenate interest in the wonder of numbers.

Chapter 5, Supporting Choices: Information, Advice and Guidance sets out the Government’s commitment on IAG. The Government says that it will devolve responsibility for commissioning IAG, and the funding that goes with it, from the Connexions Services to Local Authorities, working through children’s trusts, schools and colleges.

However, where schools and colleges believe existing provision is poor, they will have the right to commission services directly and withdraw from arrangements brokered by the children’s trusts.