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Author Wyatt, Robert L., III

Title Making Your First Year a Success : a Classroom Survival Guide for Middle and High School Teachers
Published Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (153 pages)
Contents Cover -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Surviving in School -- Your Own Classroom -- Looking at and Setting up Your New Environment -- Learning School Policy and Procedures -- Creating an Inviting Environment by Attitude and Demeanor -- Welcoming Students -- Another Scenario -- Making Space Inviting -- Show Students' Work -- Display Learning Materials -- Shared Rooms and Shared Display Areas -- Getting to Know Your Colleagues -- Getting to Know Your Mentor -- Getting to Know Other Staff Members -- Discovering the "Thou Shalt/Thou Shalt Nots" -- Listening Carefully and Observing Closely -- Finding Your Niche -- Remaining Flexible -- Journal Topics -- Chapter 2 -- Surviving Requires Working Well with Students -- Examining Postmodernism in Thinking about Students -- Recognizing Different Types of Students -- At-Risk Students Need Attention -- The Studious Need Help -- Popular Students are at Risk -- The New At-Risk Student -- Teaching Students with Special Needs -- Students With Special Needs on Field Trips -- Students With Special Needs Provide Unique Challenges -- Welcoming Students with Limited English Proficiency -- Cooperative Learning and Individualized Lessons -- Where Do You Start? -- Establishing Mutual Trust -- Journals Reveal Warm Thoughts -- Let Students Know They can Succeed -- Journal Topics -- Chapter 3 -- Surviving Requires Good Classroom Management -- Designing Classroom Management -- Talk to Other Teachers -- Think About What You Want to Happen Daily in Your Classroom -- Collect Homework at the Beginning of Class -- Determine What You Will Not Tolerate -- Be Aware of Consequences Punishing You as Well as the Student -- Is Detention an Option? -- Talk with Parents -- Don't Take Behavior Problems Personally -- Devise a Method for Documentation -- Further Record Keeping
Be Aware of Confidentiality Requirements -- How to Handle Publicized Grades -- Should Students Mark Each Other's Papers? -- Positive Ways to Make Your Classroom Management Plan Work -- Rewarding Good Behavior -- Encouraging Self-Discipline -- Dealing with Possible Violence -- Focusing on Respect -- Journal Topics -- Chapter 4 -- Surviving Includes Good Lesson Plans -- Creating a Master Plan -- Writing Lesson Objectives -- Bloom's Taxonomy -- Bloom Explained with a New Perspective -- Gardner's Multiple Intelligences -- The Lesson Plan Format -- Finding Your Own Format -- Journal Topics -- Chapter 5 -- Making Assessment Work -- Standardization in Assessment -- Using Formative Assessments -- Using Summative Evaluations -- Overcoming Apathy: Making Lessons Authentic and Using Alternative Assessment -- Using Portfolios as an Alternative Assessment -- Using Direct Assessment -- Using a Rubric -- Using Peer Judgments -- So What about Assessment? -- Journal Topics -- Chapter 6 -- Making Technology Work for Enchanced Learning -- Students Become Actively Involved -- Students May Ask Questions -- Global Connections -- Cooperative Efforts in the Classroom -- The Computer as a Teaching Tool -- How Does a New Teacher Get Involved? -- Computer Software -- Television, Videos, and Audiotapes -- Word Processing -- Overhead Transparencies -- Technological Changes -- Journal Topics -- Chapter 7 -- Making Parent Communication Work -- Making Time for Communication -- Plan for Positive Communication -- Making Yourself Available -- Making Parent and Teacher Expectations Mesh -- Making Parent-Teacher Conferences Pleasant -- Making the Best of a Bad Situation -- Making Adjustments for Communication about Special Needs Students -- Making Telephone Conferences Effective -- Making Parents Aware of Failing Grades -- Making Students and Parents Responsible
Making Parent Communication a Positive Experience -- Journal Topics -- Chapter 8 -- Making Yourself a Professional -- Developing the Attitude of a Professional -- An Attitude of Hope -- Acting as a Professional -- Attending to Extra Duty -- Avoiding Compromising Situations -- Responding to Student Telephone Calls and Notes -- Living in a "Glass House" -- Accepting the Challenge of Lifelong Learning -- Associating with Professionals -- Allowing Time for Professional Growth -- Nurturing Yourself -- Journal Topics -- References
Summary This second edition helps secondary teachers incorporate technology and differentiation into instruction, connect lesson planning and standards, deal with stress, and nurture themselves emotionally and physically
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Subject First year teachers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
High school teachers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
High school teaching -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
First year teachers
High school teachers
High school teaching
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author White, Joyce Elaine
ISBN 9781412949569
1412949564