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Informationen zum Autor By Mary C. Clement Klappentext Teachers who read A Dozen Things will be engaged with the personal stories of teaching, while also gaining strategies for success in their classrooms. A quick glance at the table of contents provides insight into the issues teachers face and how to thrive and succeed. Successful teachers prepare personally and professionally for their jobs. Strong teachers organize and manage a classroom, while planning to use a variety of effective teaching methods and strategies.Both new and veteran teachers use technology to their advantage, and know when to just use paper and pencil to teach. Successful teachers master how to assess student work with straightforward, usable evaluations, and not just the standardized tests. While striving to meet the needs of all students, effective teachers communicate with all stakeholders - especially the students! How do teachers keep their jobs from taking over their lives? They recognize that teaching is too difficult a job to do alone, and too important a job to do alone. They find strong colleagues for mentors and for local support networks. They join professional associations to stay current in their fields and to have a larger support network. This book leads teachers to reflect in a practical way about teaching and their success. Teachers need to remember why they entered this profession and to develop a simple philosophy for why they get up each morning to do the important work of teaching. Zusammenfassung New teachers will follow 12 steps to become established in their classrooms, while experienced teachers will get great ideas from each chapter.This book guides teachers to build support networks. Unlike any other book on the market, it combines research-based strategies with the author’s heartfelt stories of teaching. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroductionSuccessful Teachers1. Prepare Personally and ProfessionallyWhat Preparation Do Successful Teachers Have?Preparation To Get, And Keep, A Teaching Job2.Know Educational PsychologyWhy Educational Psychology?DevelopmentLearningMotivation Engage Students In Meaningful, Relevant, and Rigorous InstructionThe Four Steps of Classroom Management3.Organize and Manage a ClassroomOrganize the RoomProcedures and RoutinesRules and Consequences4.Plan for TeachingCurriculum is What We TeachPlanning What to TeachA 10-step Lesson Plan - Any Subject or Grade LevelA Four-Step Lesson Plan5.Use Effective Methods and StrategiesAssess Prior Interest and Knowledge (APIK)Method #1: Lecture and PresentationMethod #2 - Concept AttainmentMethod # 3: Demonstrations and ModelingMethod #4: Teaching with QuestionsMethod #5: DiscussionsMethod #6 - Group WorkMethod # 7: Teaching with ProjectsMethod #8 - Lab WorkMethod #9 - Teaching with Games6.Use Technology for an AdvantageSimple Uses of TechnologyComputers for Practice, Reinforcement, and AssessmentGuidelines and IdeasWhat Might the Future Hold?7.Assess Student WorkA Review of the Vocabulary of AssessmentInformal, Formative AssessmentsAssess to ObjectivesCreating TestsTurning Assessments into GradesWhen and How to Share Assessment DataProgram and Schoolwide Assessments8.Meet the Needs of All StudentsStudent DiversityTeaching Students with Special NeedsGifted Students and Their Special NeedsTeaching English Language Learners (ELLs)9.Communicate with All StakeholdersCommunication with Parents and FamiliesScript for Parent Phone Call HomeCommunicating with ColleaguesCommunication with AdministratorsCommunication Outside of the Classroom10.Manage Time and StressTime ManagementStress Management11.Grow as ProfessionalsWhat Does It Mean to be a Professional?Mentoring and Being MentoredThe Support of a Professional AssociationProfessional Learning CommunitiesBecoming a Teacher LeaderThe Stages of a Teacher's CareerMoving into AdministrationMoving into Hig...
