The Teacher's Ultimate Planning Guide; How to Achieve a Successful School Year and Thriving Teaching Career,9780761946113

The Teacher's Ultimate Planning Guide; How to Achieve a Successful School Year and Thriving Teaching Career

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ISBN13: 9780761946113
ISBN10: 076194611X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-06-17
Publisher(s): Corwin Pr
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Summary

This comprehensive manual offers step-by-step tools to help alleviate the strain and frustration of guesswork in teaching.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
About the Author xvii
Introduction. The Successful Teacher: What Research Tells Us 1(1)
Introduction and Objectives
1(1)
Successful Teachers: Who Are They?
1(2)
Why Do Some Teachers Struggle to Succeed?
3(1)
Teachers, Are You Stressed Out?
4(1)
Stress: What Is It?
4(2)
The General Adaptation Syndrome
5(1)
Positive and Negative Stress
5(1)
Stress and Teaching: What Every Teacher Must Know
6(5)
What Causes Teachers' Stress?
6(1)
What Are Your Stressors?
7(1)
Why Must Teachers Learn to Deal With Stress?
8(1)
Why Focus on Stress Prevention?
9(1)
Psychological and Emotional Responses to Stressors
9(1)
Beliefs: The Root of Stress
9(1)
Teachers Can Prevent Stress
10(1)
Apply the Research and Become a Successful Teacher
11(1)
Summary
12(1)
Section I. The First Steps 13(78)
Take Care of Yourself
15(26)
Introduction and Objectives
15(1)
Maintain Optimal Health
16(9)
Make Time for Your Health
16(1)
Protect Your Physical Health
16(5)
Protect Your Mental and Emotional Health
21(4)
Understand the Details of Your Employment Contract
25(9)
What to Do Before You Are Hired
26(1)
Understand Your Contract
26(1)
Is Your Class Roster Fair?
27(1)
Know the Details of Your Health Insurance Benefits
27(1)
Keep Tabs on Your Financial Benefits
28(1)
Ensure Favorable Performance Evaluations
29(3)
Maintain a Professional Portfolio
32(2)
Grow Personally and Professionally
34(5)
Professional Development Plans: Guiding Personal Growth
34(1)
Networking: Nurturing Your Professional Relationships
35(2)
The Truth About Giving and Receiving
37(2)
Summary
39(2)
Identify and Understand Expectations
41(30)
Introduction and Objectives
41(1)
What Are Your Expectations?
42(3)
What Are the Government's Expectations?
45(1)
What Are the Community's Expectations?
45(17)
School System Policies
46(1)
Curriculum Expectations
47(1)
Programs for Exceptional Students
48(1)
School Rules and Procedures
48(8)
Your Responsibilities and Accountability for Student Progress
56(6)
What Are Parents' Expectations?
62(5)
Successful Parent-Teacher Conferences
63(1)
Keeping the Tone Positive
64(1)
Involving Parents in Their Child's Education
65(1)
When Parents Are Not Satisfied
66(1)
How Others Can Report Grievances Against You and Your School
67(1)
What Do Your Students Expect of You?
67(2)
Sharing Your Expectations: The Classroom Handbook
69(1)
A Final Note About Expectations
70(1)
Summary
70(1)
Know Your Resources
71(20)
Introduction and Objectives
71(1)
Time: Is there Ever Enough?
71(2)
Your Support Network
73(5)
You Are Your Greatest Resource
73(1)
School Employees
73(2)
Your Students and Their Families
75(1)
Support Programs and Services
76(2)
Teaching Tools and Materials
78(12)
What Your School Provides
79(2)
Take Advantage of the Latest Technology
81(5)
What Your School System Provides
86(1)
Visit Your Local Libraries
86(1)
Tap Into Your Colleagues' Expertise
87(1)
Teacher Organizations and Associations
87(1)
Sources of Additional Funds
87(1)
Recycled Materials
88(1)
The Last Resort: Your Personal Funds
89(1)
Summary
90(1)
Section II. Your Action Plans 91(100)
Determine Your Goals
93(6)
Introduction and Objectives
93(1)
Your Personal and Professional Goals: Take Control
93(2)
Your Instructional Goals: Fulfill Curriculum Expectations
95(1)
Your Classroom Climate Goals: Nurture Healthy Relationships
96(1)
Summary
97(2)
Your Schedule: The Framework for Your Action Plans
99(10)
Introduction and Objectives
99(1)
Can You Make Time to Achieve Your Goals?
100(1)
What Do You Do for Yourself and Your Profession?
100(1)
What's Happening at Your School?
101(1)
What Are Your Students Doing?
102(1)
What's Your Teaching Schedule?
103(1)
Do You Have Enough Planning Time?
104(1)
Time Management: The Key to Effective Planning
105(2)
Summary
107(2)
Develop an Instructional Plan
109(30)
Introduction and Objectives
109(1)
Design Quality Unit Plans
109(11)
What Are Unit Plans?
110(1)
How to Create a Unit Plan
110(10)
Strategies That Enhance Lesson Plans for Maximum Learning
120(17)
Apply the Latest Brain Research
121(1)
Take Into Account Your Students' Learning Styles
122(2)
Accommodate Your Students' Learning Modalities
124(2)
Strengthen Your Students' Multiple Intelligences
126(3)
Use Effective Questioning Techniques
129(2)
Use a Variety of Assessments
131(6)
Summary
137(2)
Develop a Climate Plan
139(48)
Introduction and Objectives
139(2)
The First Few Days of School
141(1)
Establish Strong Interpersonal Relationships
141(39)
Relationships Within Your Classroom
141(31)
Your Relationship With Your Students' Parents
172(8)
Make Your Physical Environment Inviting
180(5)
Your Classroom's Floor Plan
180(3)
Storage Areas for You and Your Students
183(1)
Your Classroom Decor
183(1)
Bulletin Boards
184(1)
Summary
185(2)
Revisit Your Schedule
187(4)
Introduction and Objectives
187(1)
Take Another Look at Your Instructional Schedule
187(1)
Get a Head Start on Implementing Your Climate Plan
188(1)
Reexamine Your Planning Time
189(1)
Summary
190(1)
Section III. Your Momentum 191(14)
Implement and Assess Your Plans
193(6)
Introduction and Objectives
193(1)
Are You Achieving Your Goals?
193(3)
Are You Preventing Stress?
196(1)
Summary
197(2)
Become a Reflective Practitioner
199(6)
Introduction and Objectives
199(1)
Engaging in the Reflective Process
199(1)
How Much Have You Grown?
200(3)
Others' Assessments and Evaluations
201(1)
Your Self-Assessment and Self-Evaluation
201(2)
Changes for Next Time
203(1)
Your Future
204(1)
Summary
204(1)
Epilogue. Enabling Successful Teaching: What Educational Leaders at All Levels Must Know 205(6)
Introduction and Objectives
205(1)
Changes in Teacher Training
206(2)
Changes at the School Level
208(1)
Summary
209(2)
Resources for Successful Teaching 211(26)
Professional Development Plan
211(1)
Planning Celebrations
212(1)
Taking Class Trips
212(4)
Substitute Teacher Kit
216(2)
Tips for a Successful Parent-Teacher Conference
218(2)
Sample Table of Contents for a Classroom Handbook
220(2)
Sample Parent Survey
222(1)
Professional Organizations
223(2)
Possible School Supplies
225(3)
Your Personal Schedule
228(2)
Schedule of School Events
230(2)
Sample Lesson Plan Book Pages
232(2)
Pacing Chart
234(3)
Bibliography 237(4)
Index 241

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