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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797459003321

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

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.