Uncommon Sense for New Teachers: A Good Beginning is Half the Work is a uniquely written resource for any preservice or new teacher moving into the profession of education. Noted by its author as "the book to read, before deciding what other books to read," it offers deft perspective on the pressing issues weighing heavily on the minds and hearts of new teachers, including what teachers don’t learn before they start, but should. Written in short-read sections within each unit—relevant topics can be read in any order—each serves as the whisper in one’s head about what one might think, and how…mehr
Uncommon Sense for New Teachers: A Good Beginning is Half the Work is a uniquely written resource for any preservice or new teacher moving into the profession of education. Noted by its author as "the book to read, before deciding what other books to read," it offers deft perspective on the pressing issues weighing heavily on the minds and hearts of new teachers, including what teachers don’t learn before they start, but should. Written in short-read sections within each unit—relevant topics can be read in any order—each serves as the whisper in one’s head about what one might think, and how to act uncommonly when the next situation arises each day. This book supercharges new teachers, as they apply what they discover in their own way, in any grade, content area, or community.
Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Unit 1: Your Choice of Teaching 1 A "Thank You" in Advance 2 Career Shopping 3 The New Way "You Matter" 4 Extra-Curricular Horsepower: Never-Growing-Up or Always-the-Adult 5 Your Teaching Life Unit 2: Your Professional Preparation 6 Building Competence and Confidence 7 Things to Borrow; Things to Not 8 Student Brain Surgery 9 Special Education for All Educators 10 Finding the Pearl Unit 3: Your Classroom 11 Your Domain; Your Show 12 Purpose, Protocol, and Predictability 13 Daily Dignity through Interaction Safety 14 Environmental Gifts for Students 15 Room Décor and Appeal: A Gathering Place Unit 4: Your Teaching 16 Talent Scouting and Cast Management 17 Differentiated Instruction, Defined 18 Delightfully Different Differentiation 19 Maintaining Classroom Control and Order 20 Organizational Effectiveness through Student Responsibility Unit 5: Your Students 21 What Students Are Not 22 Who Students Are 23 The Name Game 24 Bringing Their Best Self 25 Discipline as a Teachable Moment Unit 6: Your Difference Making 26 All Other Duties As Assigned 27 What's Really Going On 28 The Secret Solution 29 Elder-like Etiquette 30 Doing Difference Differently Unit 7: Your Workload 31 Work/Life Imbalance 32 The Urgent, the Important, the Both, and the Neither 33 Many Hands Make Light Work 34 Avoiding the Guilt Trip 35 Being Self-ful Unit 8: Your Colleagues 36 Cast of Characters 37 When Your Mentor Is Assigned 38 Ways to Coteach Ways to Not 39 When Colleagues Resist New Things 40 Work Friends Unit 9: Your Superpowers 41 Hero Making for Parents 42 First-Exchange Theory: The Power of the Greeting 43 Thinking on the Fly When Something Needs to Change 44 The Gift of Profanity: Reading Between the F's 45 Favoring Favorable Feedback Unit 10: By Special Request 46 Classroom Behavioral Management 47 Relationship Building 48 Lesson Plans that Check All the Boxes 49 Driving School Data: From A to Z 50 From Tools to Techniques Unit 11: Your Unfinished Business 51 Going Back to School 52 Starting Over, Undefeated Conclusion About the Author
Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Unit 1: Your Choice of Teaching 1 A "Thank You" in Advance 2 Career Shopping 3 The New Way "You Matter" 4 Extra-Curricular Horsepower: Never-Growing-Up or Always-the-Adult 5 Your Teaching Life Unit 2: Your Professional Preparation 6 Building Competence and Confidence 7 Things to Borrow; Things to Not 8 Student Brain Surgery 9 Special Education for All Educators 10 Finding the Pearl Unit 3: Your Classroom 11 Your Domain; Your Show 12 Purpose, Protocol, and Predictability 13 Daily Dignity through Interaction Safety 14 Environmental Gifts for Students 15 Room Décor and Appeal: A Gathering Place Unit 4: Your Teaching 16 Talent Scouting and Cast Management 17 Differentiated Instruction, Defined 18 Delightfully Different Differentiation 19 Maintaining Classroom Control and Order 20 Organizational Effectiveness through Student Responsibility Unit 5: Your Students 21 What Students Are Not 22 Who Students Are 23 The Name Game 24 Bringing Their Best Self 25 Discipline as a Teachable Moment Unit 6: Your Difference Making 26 All Other Duties As Assigned 27 What's Really Going On 28 The Secret Solution 29 Elder-like Etiquette 30 Doing Difference Differently Unit 7: Your Workload 31 Work/Life Imbalance 32 The Urgent, the Important, the Both, and the Neither 33 Many Hands Make Light Work 34 Avoiding the Guilt Trip 35 Being Self-ful Unit 8: Your Colleagues 36 Cast of Characters 37 When Your Mentor Is Assigned 38 Ways to Coteach Ways to Not 39 When Colleagues Resist New Things 40 Work Friends Unit 9: Your Superpowers 41 Hero Making for Parents 42 First-Exchange Theory: The Power of the Greeting 43 Thinking on the Fly When Something Needs to Change 44 The Gift of Profanity: Reading Between the F's 45 Favoring Favorable Feedback Unit 10: By Special Request 46 Classroom Behavioral Management 47 Relationship Building 48 Lesson Plans that Check All the Boxes 49 Driving School Data: From A to Z 50 From Tools to Techniques Unit 11: Your Unfinished Business 51 Going Back to School 52 Starting Over, Undefeated Conclusion About the Author
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Internetauftritt der buecher.de internetstores GmbH
Geschäftsführung: Monica Sawhney | Roland Kölbl | Günter Hilger
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Batheyer Straße 115 - 117, 58099 Hagen
Postanschrift: Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg
Amtsgericht Hagen HRB 13257
Steuernummer: 321/5800/1497
USt-IdNr: DE450055826
