The New Teacher Survival Kit

Author : Julia G. Thompson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470493311

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First Year Teacher's Survival Guide by Julia G. Thompson Pdf

The best-selling First Year Teacher's Survival Kit gives new teachers a wide variety of tested strategies, activities, and tools for creating a positive and dynamic learning environment while meeting the challenges of each school day. Packed with valuable tips, the book helps new teachers with everything from becoming effective team players and connecting with students to handling behavior problems and working within diverse classrooms. The new edition is fully revised and updated to cover changes in the K-12 classroom over the past five years. Updates to the second edition include: • New ways teachers can meet the professional development requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act • Entirely new section on helping struggling readers, to address the declining literacy rate among today’s students • Expanded coverage of helpful technology solutions for the classroom • Expanded information on teaching English Language Learners • Greater coverage of the issues/challenges facing elementary teachers • More emphasis on how to reach and teach students of poverty • Updated study techniques that have proven successful with at-risk students • Tips on working effectively within a non-traditional school year schedule • The latest strategies for using graphic organizers • More emphasis on setting goals to help students to succeed • More information on intervening with students who are capable but choose not to work • Updated information on teachers’ rights and responsibilities regarding discipline issues • Fully revised Resources appendix including the latest educational Web sites and software

Author : Dale Ripley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475847079

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The Successful Teacher's Survival Kit by Dale Ripley Pdf

This book will show you the strategies and ideas that master teachers use to make their classes work, both for themselves and for their students. You too can become an exceptional teacher whose classroom is filled with learning and fun. This book will show you how.

Author : Emma S. McDonald,Dyan M. Hershman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : First year teachers
ISBN : 0966714539

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Survival Kit for New Teachers by Emma S. McDonald,Dyan M. Hershman Pdf

Author : Emma S. McDonald,Dyan M. Hershman
Publisher : Inspiring Teachers Pub Incorporated
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0966714555

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Survival Kit for New Teachers by Emma S. McDonald,Dyan M. Hershman Pdf

A guide for teachers offering strategies and proactive techniques to help educators be successful from the first day in the classroom.

Author : Julia G. Thompson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781119470410

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The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide by Julia G. Thompson Pdf

The Updated Fourth Edition of the Award-Winning Book that Offers Beginning Educators Everything They Need in Order to Survive and Thrive! Designed for new educators, this award-winning book covers the basic strategies, activities, and tools teachers need to know in order to succeed in the classroom. Now it its fourth edition, The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide contains new and updated material on essential topics including: classroom management (how to prevent or minimize disruptions), sustaining professional growth, differentiated instruction, nurturing a growth mindset, and much more. The fourth edition also offers downloadable forms and worksheets, and video instruction on key topics. In addition, this must-have guide: Offers ideas for dealing with homework and instructional concerns from parents and guardians Includes suggestions for helping new professionals maintain a successful work-life balance Contains guidelines to classroom technology and ideas for using digital tools to create engaging lessons Proposes proven strategies for forging positive, supportive relationships with students Presents recommendations for successfully managing the most common discipline problems This must-have guide is filled with the information and tips new teachers need in order to face classroom situations with confidence.

Author : Helen D. Hume
Publisher : Addison Wesley
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Art
ISBN : 0876287984

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A Survival Kit for the Secondary School Art Teacher by Helen D. Hume Pdf

"Presents a studio-based secondary school art program that combines art theory, history, and appreciation with how-to-do-it lessons and classroom survival skills"--Back cover.

Author : Mary Lou Brandvik,Katherine S. McKnight
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118001370

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The English Teacher's Survival Guide by Mary Lou Brandvik,Katherine S. McKnight Pdf

Problem-solving techniques for all aspects of the English teacher's job This unique time-saving book is packed with tested techniques and materials to assist new and experienced English teachers with virtually every phase of their job from lesson planning to effective discipline techniques. The book includes 175 easy-to-understand strategies, lessons, checklists, and forms for effective classroom management and over 50 reproducible samples teachers can adopt immediately for planning, evaluation, or assignments. It is filled with creative and functional ideas for reading response activities, writing assignments, group and individual projects, and speeches. Offers instructions for creating and implementing an effective classroom-wide behavior management program Shows how to practice the art of teaching English effectively and reduce time on labor intensive tasks Reveals how to work effectively with parents, colleagues, substitute teachers, administrators, and community resources The second edition includes coverage of technology in the classroom, advice for working with reluctant readers, a wealth of sample teaching units and more.

Author : Kandace Martin,Kathy Brenny
Publisher : Sourcebooks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1402205503

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1000 Best New Teacher Survival Secrets by Kandace Martin,Kathy Brenny Pdf

Secrets for your first year and beyond Experienced educators Kathleen Brenny and Kandace Martin show you how to: --Effectively organize your classroom --34 secrets to surviving your first week --Prepare your students for standardized tests --Document progress and grading --Work effectively with ESL students --Understand the legal requirements of working with students with special needs --Survive parent-teacher conferences --Manage stress and stay healthy --Create a safe school environment for your students Covers important issues across all grade levels

Author : Julia G. Thompson
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002-03-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 0130616443

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First-Year Teacher's Survival Kit by Julia G. Thompson Pdf

This comprehensive resource gives new teachers a wide variety of tested strategies, activities and tools for creating a positive and dynamic learning environment while meeting the challenges of each school day. For easy use, it is organized into 16 sections covering everything from motivation, lesson planning and classroom management, to behavior problems, meeting each student's needs, and building strong professional relationships with students, staff, and parents.

Author : Catherine Creighton Martin,Clara Hauth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : First year teachers
ISBN : 086586506X

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The Survival Guide for New Special Education Teachers by Catherine Creighton Martin,Clara Hauth Pdf

This book offers practical guidance on such topics as roles and responsibilities, school environment and culture, classroom organization and management, collaboration with other professionals, and individual professional development.

Author : Ronald L. Partin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470453643

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The Classroom Teacher's Survival Guide by Ronald L. Partin Pdf

An updated edition of the best-selling book for teacher success in the classroom Designed for new and experienced teachers alike, this thoroughly revised and updated edition offers a value-packed, practical source of ready-to-use tips and strategies for meeting the challenges teachers face everyday while organizing and managing a classroom. The third edition includes entirely new sections on teaching English language learners, inquiry-based learning, building positive teacher-student relationships, wrapping up the school year, and much more. The book also features many new forms, pre-written letters, checklists, and reproducibles, along with bonus forms and reproducibles that are available for free download from the web. Includes tools and techniques proven to help teachers succeed in the classroom Contains new sections on teaching English language learners, teacher-student relationships, inquiry-based learning, and more Many handy reproducible forms, handouts, and checklists Includes access to free downloadable bonus material on the web, including pre-written letters, reproducible forms, and worksheets

Author : Wilma H. Miller
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : UVA:X004552220

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The Reading Teacher's Survival Kit by Wilma H. Miller Pdf

The strategies and materials presented here provide the best of whole language and phonics instruction for setting up an appropriate, well-paced reading program that meets the needs of individual students, small groups, or the entire class, grades K-8. For quick and easy access, the Kit is organized into eight sections and includes such practical information as: * Over 80 stimulating hands-on games and activity sheets to build students' skills in letter-name knowledge, sight word recognition, word structure, and more. * Up-to-date information and materials for teaching reading to students with special needs * Comprehensive lists of fiction and nonfiction trade books that reinforce the learning of essential reading skills

Author : Ronald L. Partin
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 0787965901

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The Social Studies Teacher's Book of Lists by Ronald L. Partin Pdf

This unique information source and time-saver for social studies teachers provides more than 550 useful lists for developing instructional materials and planning for students from the fourth through the twelfth grades. This updated and expanded edition contains 200 new lists! For quick access and easy use, all of these lists are organized into seven sections corresponding to seven areas of the social studies curriculum, numbered consecutively, and printed in a format that can be photocopied as many times as required for individual or group instruction. This book is filled with illuminating facts, startling statistics, practical checklists, and relevant research findings which will enhance social studies courses.

Author : Helen D. Hume
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 0130925748

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A Survival Kit for the Elementary/Middle School Art Teacher by Helen D. Hume Pdf

This comprehensive resource provides practical information, proven management tips, and over 100 specially selected art projects to help new and veteran K-8 art teachers implement an effective art education program and make art appreciation and activities fun. For easy use, materials are printed in a big 8 ?" x 11" format with lay-flat binding for photocopying of various management aids and student project handouts, and organized into two main parts. Part 1, The Art Program, offers tested guidelines and reproducible tools for building and managing the program. Part 2, The Art Curriculum, presents 102 exciting art projects organized by medium into nine units: (1) Exploring the Elements & Principles of Design, (2) Paper, (3) Painting, (4) Drawing with Pencil, Pastels, Crayons & Markers, (5) Painting, (6) Printmaking, (7) Three-Dimensional Design, (8) Architecture, and (9) Technology: Computer, Photography, Video.

Author : Matt Bromley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1542815932

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The New Teacher Survival Kit by Matt Bromley Pdf

PRAISE FOR MATT BROMLEY "A wise, accessible and practically useful book" - Professor Bill Lucas, author of Educating Ruby "Compelling, clear and convincingly argued" - Dr Jill Berry, author of Making the Leap "A useful summary of research [and] a helpful contribution to the literature" - Mary Myatt, senior inspector and author of High Challenge Low Threat From Amazon: "Outstanding" ... "Invaluable stuff" ... "Sensible, pragmatic" ... "Really informative" ... "So good my head teacher has disappeared with it" ... "A great book" ... "A must-buy" ... "Superbly practical" ... "Convincing, compelling" ABOUT THIS BOOK The New Teacher Survival Kit is a teacher-training 'bible' from the best-selling author of How to Become a School Leader, The IQ Myth, and Teach. This book is the perfect companion whether you're contemplating training to be a teacher, have already embarked upon a teacher-training programme, or are working as a newly- or recently-qualified teacher in a school. It offers practical advice on how to make a good first impression with staff, students and parents, as well as how to develop your 'presence' in the classroom, create a positive learning environment, and manage your workload. It explains how the English education system works, including its curriculum and qualifications framework, and provides tangible tips on how to be a good form tutor and how to fulfil your legal duties including health and safety, safeguarding, and supporting students with SEND. The New Teacher Survival Kit is a 'one stop shop' of strategies on behaviour management, curriculum design and lesson planning, and pedagogy and practice. ABOUT THE AUTHOR M J Bromley is an experienced education leader, writer, consultant, speaker and trainer. Find out more at www.bromleyeducation.co.uk. Follow him on Twitter: @mj_bromley ABOUT THE PUBLISHER Spark Education Books UK is an independent publisher. Follow them on Twitter: @SparkBooksUK