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You can do this : hope and help for new teachers /
"Teaching is a hard job--there's no denying it. From learning how to manage a class full of hormonal students, to developing productive relationships with fellow teachers, administrators, and parents, to designing engaging lesson plans that will meet ever-increasing levels of accountabilit...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco, CA :
Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Brand,
2014.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; CHAPTER 1: You Can Be Yourself: Developing Your Own Teaching Style; Go Ahead and Borrow a Few Tricks, but Remember Who You Are; Learn from Others, but Do What Works for You; take time to reflect; you're allowed to experiment; CHAPTER 2: You Can Have a Life: Finding Balance; Start with the Little Moments; Observe a "Sabbath"; Find Ways to Be More Efficient; Only Give Meaningful Work; Don't Try to Do It All; Separate Work from the Rest of Your Life.
- Cultivate and Nurture Interests outside of SchoolWatch Your Money; 1. build-and stick to-a budget; 2. cash is king; 3. save!; 4. get a summer job if you can stand it; 5. plan for summertime finances; CHAPTER 3: You Can Smile Before Christmas: What to Do with Bad Advice; Some Common Pieces of Bad Advice; bad advice #1: you need a teaching make-over; bad advice #2: you need a bag of tricks; bad advice #3: you just need to work harder; bad advice #4: all you have to do is . . .; bad advice #5: fake it 'til you make it; CHAPTER 4: You Can Design Great Lessons: How to Tackle Planning.
- Ask Why FirstFocus on Your Standards; Plan Ahead; Don't Try to Cover Everything; Be Prepared, but Don't Over-Prepare; Stick to the Plan, Not the Script; CHAPTER 5: You Can Find Common Ground: Working with Parents; Be Proactive; Empower Parents to Advocate for Their Students the Right Way; Remember, They're Not Your Parents Even If They're Old Enough to Be; Keep in Mind That They Want What's Best for Their Children; Admit When You're Wrong; Don't Try to Defuse; Listen; Some Parents Won't Want to Get Involved, and That's Okay; Don't Be a Tattletale; Don't Gang up on Students.
- Don't Fight in Front of the ChildrenCHAPTER 6: You Can Keep Things Running Smoothly: Managing Your Classroom; Sometimes, You're the Discipline Problem; Remember, You're Not Their Peers; You're Not Their Parents or Their Colleagues, Either; Remember, You're There to Teach, Not to Control; Never Embarrass Your Students; Reference; CHAPTER 7: You Can Bounce Back: Recovering from Mistakes; Admit You Made a Mistake; Learn the Right Way to Fail; Back to My Mistake; CHAPTER 8: You Can Get Better: Growing Your Own Teaching Style; Understand Your Standards; Working with Assigned Mentors.
- Finding Your Own MentorsMake the Most of Every Professional Development Opportunity; Pick Your Battles; A Lot of What You Learned in School Will Never Work for You; CHAPTER 9: You Can Shine: Distinguishing Yourself as an Educator; Become Your Best; Learn from Everyone; Find Your Passion; Understand Your School System; Make Professional Connections outside Your School; Focus on Your Students; CHAPTER 10: You Can Lead: Becoming a Master Teacher; Find Your Why; Accept the Messiness; Questions for Discussion; Index; End User License Agreement.