What Every Teacher Should Know About the Profession and Politics of Teaching.

No Child Left Behind and accountability to stakeholders require the up-to-date coverage found here on topics such as the politics of teaching and the changing the face of education.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tileston, Donna E. Walker
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications, 1900.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Vocabulary Pre-Test
  • Chapter 1
  • The Politics of Teaching
  • Accountability and Testing
  • Flexible Use of Federal Resources
  • School Choice
  • Quality Teachers and Quality Teaching
  • Chapter 2
  • Being Part of a Learning Community
  • The Big Machine Approach
  • Accountability to the Larger System
  • Finding Resources
  • Working with Colleagues
  • Being Supervised
  • Quality Professional Development
  • Chapter 3
  • Working with Parents
  • Begin at the Beginning
  • Ways to CommunicateThe Parentâ€?Teacher Conference
  • What if?
  • Chapter 4
  • What Does the Future Hold?
  • The Changing Face of Education
  • The Move to Standards
  • Changing Ideas about the Teaching Process
  • The Teacher as a Professional: Why it Matters
  • How can You Keep up?
  • Vocabulary Summary
  • Vocabulary Post-Test
  • References
  • Index