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Author Whitaker, Todd

Title 6 Types of Teachers : Recruiting, Retaining, and Mentoring the Best
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (174 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Meet the Authors; Table of Contents; Section I The Keyword Is Quality; 1 Who Moved My Teacher?; Why We Need Quality Teachers; Two Ways to Improve Our Schools-Two Ways to Weaken Them; What Lies Ahead?; 2 Irreplaceable Parts; Six Types of Teachers; Valuing the Irreplaceables; Solidifying the Solids; Managing the Replacement Level; We Are Not in a Vacuum; Weighing the Peripherals; 3 Opportunity Costs; Opportunity Costs; What Did We Lose?; What Else Can We Get?; What If the Current Staff Were Applicants?; The Strength of Stability; The Value of Experience
Section II Why Teachers Leave4 From the Mouths of Teachers; The Facts about Teacher Retention; Why Is This Happening?; A Culture of Support; It's All in the Atmosphere; 5 Are We Talking about the Great Ones?; Recognizing the Achievement of the Great Ones; Assisting Great Teachers in Personal and Professional Growth; Section III Creating, Fostering, and Sustaining Quality; 6 Building a Quality Culture; A Culture That Feels Good; What Should I Do?; Improving Classroom Culture by Improving School Culture; Go Fish; 7 Making Teaching Rewarding; If You Don't Have Something Nice to Say ..
Perception Is RealityDidn't I Just See You?; But I Don't Have Time; Making it OK to Care; Something Positive in My Mailbox?; 8 Keeping the Great Ones Motivated; Can I Motivate from the Outside?; A Final Thought about Motivation; Section IV Adding Quality; 9 Adding Quality-Expanding Our Pool; Searching for Irreplaceables; The Emotional Pull; The Known Quantity; Hiring People Better Than Ourselves; The Good Fit; Arbitrary Factors-Narrowing the Pool; Understanding Our Needs; 10 Finding and Choosing the Best; The Screening; The Reference Check; Finding the Leaders; The Neutral View
Interview QuestionsWould You Know Whom to Hire?; What Would You Do If?; Setting Expectations; Do You Want to Be the Best?; 11 Inducting New Teachers; New Staff Induction and Orientation; Mentor Programs; Ongoing Orientation; Cultivating Leadership; Section V The Impact of Other Stakeholders; 12 Supporting Teachers in Parent Interactions; Cheers or Boos; Soothing the Savage Beast; Staff Development Focused on Parents; Do They Feel Supported?; 13 Nurturing Student-Teacher Relationships; Recognizing Success in Student-Teacher Relationships
Student-Teacher Relationships and the Six Types of TeachersNurturing Solid Relationships; 14 Building a Family Atmosphere through Purposeful Mentoring; Induction That Sticks; Why Focus on Mentoring?; Mentoring the Mentors; When Does Mentoring End?; 15 Teaching: The Most Important Profession; Retaining Quality Teachers; References
Summary This book helps you sharpen your ability to hire better teachers for your school, improve the ones who are already there, and keep your best and brightest on board
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Subject School personnel management.
Teachers -- Recruiting.
Teacher turnover -- Prevention
School personnel management
Teachers -- Recruiting
Form Electronic book
Author Fiore, Douglas
ISBN 9781317925798
1317925793