The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide : Ready-To-Use Strategies, Tools and Activities for Meeting the Challenges of Each School Day.

The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide : Ready-To-Use Strategies, Tools and Activities for Meeting the Challenges of Each School Day.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Julia G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2018.
Edition:4th ed.
Series:J-B Ed: Survival Guides.
Subjects:
First year teachers > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Teacher orientation > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
First year teachers
Teacher orientation
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
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Table of Contents:
  • The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools & Activities for Meeting the Challenges of Each School Day; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgments; About This Survival Guide; I. Learn the Skills Necessary to Become a Professional Educator; Section One: Begin Your Professional Growth; How to Handle Your New Responsibilities; Develop the Mindset of a Professional Educator; What's Expected of Twenty-First-Century Teachers; Professional Growth: Develop Your Skills and Add to Your Knowledge; Use Action Research to Inform Classroom Decisions; Attend Conferences.
  • Participate in an EdcampJoin Professional Organizations; Read Professional Journals; Investigate the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; Explore Educational Websites; Establish Your Own Plan; Take Learning Walks and Make Snapshot Observations; Set and Achieve Professional Goals; Teacher Worksheet 1.1: Suggested Competencies; Teacher Worksheet 1.2: Track Your Professional Goals; Teacher Worksheet 1.3: Be Proactive about Your Professional Growth; Other Strategies for a Successful First Year; Develop a Reflective Practice.
  • Teacher Worksheet 1.4: A Template for Professional Self-Refl ectionLearn from Role Models and Mentors; Seek Feedback on Your Professional Performance; Teacher Worksheet 1.5: Make the Most of Peer Observations; Use the Evaluation Process to Improve Your Teaching Skills; Create a Professional Portfolio; Maintain a Work-Life Balance for Long-Term Success; Twenty-Five Strategies Specifi cally Geared for an Educator's Tough Times at School; Questions to Discuss with Colleagues; Topics to Discuss with a Mentor; Reflection Questions to Guide Your Thinking.
  • Section Two: Develop Professional Productivity SkillsArrange Your Work Space for Maximum Productivity; Your Desk Area; Supplies You Will Need; If You Spend Twenty-Five Dollars on Your Classroom Supplies; If You Spend Fifty Dollars on Your Classroom Supplies; The Dos and Don'ts of Your School Computer; Tips for Managing E-mail; Time Management for Teachers; How to Prioritize Your Professional Tasks; Teacher Worksheet 2.1: Prioritize Your Tasks; A Teacher's To-Do List; Teacher Worksheet 2.2: A Teacher's Daily To-Do List; Teacher Worksheet 2.3: Checklist of a Teacher's Weekly Reminders.
  • Quick Tips for Maximizing the Time You Have at SchoolHow Teachers Sabotage Their Time Management Strategies; How to Minimize the Time You Spend Working at Home; Planning Period Productivity; Create Handouts and Other Instructional Resources Quickly; Online Bookmarking Sites; Paperwork: Ten Thousand Documents and Counting; Professional Documents You Need to Manage; What to Keep and What to Discard; Documents to Keep Until the Start of the Next School Year; Documents You Can Safely Discard at the End of Each Semester; Organizing Paper File Storage; Three-Ring Binders.

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