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Record Nr.

UNINA9910478929503321

Autore

Wyatt Robert Lee <1940->

Titolo

Making your first year a success : a classroom survival guide for middle and high school teachers / / Robert L. Wyatt III, J. Elaine White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4522-9767-3

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Disciplina

373.11

Soggetti

First year teachers

High school teachers

High school teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

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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Record Nr.

UNISA996213845003316

Titolo

Anuario estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe = : Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Nueva York, N.Y., : Naciones Unidas, CEPAL

ISSN

1684-1379

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

318.05

Soggetti

Statistique sociale

Statistique économique

Internet resources.

Periodicals.

Statistics.

Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme)

Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)

Statistiques (Descripteur de forme)

Latin America Statistics Periodicals

Caribbean Area Statistics Periodicals

Amérique latine Statistiques Périodiques

Caraïbes (Région) Statistiques Périodiques

Caribbean Area

Latin America

Amérique latine

Caraïbes (Région)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico