M. Scott Norton

Teachers with The Magic

Great Teachers Change Students' Lives

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Produktbeschreibung

This book centers on the fact that needed improvements in our schools will not occur unless education is able to attract and retain great teachers in the school’s classrooms. Teachers with The Magic is directed to administrative leaders as well as those individuals that are seeking ways to become better teachers. Great teachers themselves will be inspired by the book’s discussion of what great teachers do the classroom to engage students in learning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 251g
• ISBN-13: 9781475817621
• ISBN-10: 1475817622
• Artikelnr.: 42054161

Autorenporträt

M. Scott Norton has served as a classroom teacher, coordinator of curriculum, associate superintendent and superintendent of schools. He served as professor and vice-chairman of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and as professor and chairman of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies at Arizona State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Look! Now There's a Great Teacher Great Teachers-What Do They
Look Like? Establishing Our Purposes and Focus of the Book GCT
Quiz-Characteristics of Great Teachers Responses to Each of the Fifteen
Quiz Questions Studies Related to Effective Teachers What About the
Characteristic of Enthusiasm? A Look at Other Effective Teacher "Research
Studies" A Composite of Affective and Cognitive Characteristics of Great
Teachers High Quality Teachers and Their Effect on Student Achievement
Gains: What Do We Really Know? Some Answers Might Be Closer Than You Think
Our Teacher Assessment and Evaluation Processes Need Overhauling An
Application Form for Effective Teaching Positions Snapshot #1-A Change of
Pace Summary Discussion Questions Case Studies References Chapter 2-What We
Can Do to Select and Retain Great Teachers Facing the Existing Problems
That Inhibit the Recruitment and Selection of High Quality Personnel
Recruitment of Personnel: What You Should Know Before Initiating the
Process Snapshot #1-All the Teacher Colleges in the World Can't Make a
Teacher Who Isn't One Research Evidence for Cognitive Characteristics
Recruiting and Selecting High Quality Teachers Giving Priority to Those
Student Graduates from Quality Institutions and Holding Majors in Their
Subject Areas, Licensure and Certification The Personal Interview: Where
the Rubber Meets the Road Structuring a Candidate Interview for a
Mathematics Teacher at Wymore Middle School: Focusing on Great Teacher
Characteristics An Interview Analysis Snapshot #2-Caring, Compassion,
Knowledge, Courage, Persistence Summary Discussion Questions Case Studies
References Chapter 3---Great Teachers Can Influence the Success of All
Teachers How the Talents of a Highly Qualified Teacher Are Applied in the
Classroom Putting the Qualities of Great Teachers to Work Assigning Your
Highly Qualified Teacher as Mentors for New Personnel Helping the New
Teacher Implement His or Her Professional Development Plan (PDP) Snapshot
#1-Insights of a Great Teacher: Antonia Antegra The Implementation of
Employee Assistant Programs for Troubled Workers How the Highly Effective
Teacher Can Help the Marginal Teacher The Tragedy That We Face: The Loss of
the School's Great Teachers Why Great Teachers Leave the Profession
Recommendations Related to Capitalizing on the Talents of Great Teachers
Education for All-We Can't Afford Not to Afford It Closing With a Few Best
Practices for Retaining Best Teachers Summary Discussion Questions Case
Studies References Chapter 4 The Great Teacher at Work: Magic in the
Classroom A Look at What Great Teachers Do A Competency-Based Great
Teachers Assessment Resource The Benefits of a Good Story True or False?
MAGT Quiz The Evidence for Each of the Great Teacher MAGT Questions
Selected Teaching Strategies Used by Great Teachers in the Classroom
Preparation for Teaching Teacher Student Relationships Student Engagement:
An Absolute Necessity A Great Teacher Looks in the Mirror Post Script
Teacher Services: What Great Teachers Say Snapshot #1 A Great Teacher Steps
"Out of Bounds" Summary Discussion Questions Case Studies References
Chapter 5 Much Ado About Great Teaching: How Great Teachers Promote Student
Learning Teachers Teach Subjects, Great Teachers Teach Students The Story
of Richard: Great Teachers are Student Advocates The Classroom of Great
Teachers A Look at What Great Teachers Say They Do An Example of the
Importance of Learning About Art The Gold Quiz How to Engage Students in
Social Studies Instruction Great Teachers are Quick to Call Time Out Time
Out Quiz Great Teachers Work Closely With Parents Snapshot #1-Parental
Support Makes a Difference Competency-Based Performance for a Great Teacher
Summary Discussion Questions Case Studies References