The First-Year Teacher's Checklist
With this fast-paced resource first-year teachers can quickly access more than one hundred seventy lists of the most essential and up-to-the minute information, tips, guidelines, and strategies that can to make their school days easier to manage.
This easy-to-use reference—with hundreds of helpful, classroom-tested answers, ideas, techniques, and teaching tools—will help you on your way to a successful and productive school year. Designed to be flexible, the book offers a choice of ideas and approaches that best fit your classroom situation. Julia Thompson shows you how to:
• Develop successful relationships with students, colleagues, administrators, and parents
• Manage professional responsibilities and develop career skills
• Create an orderly classroom where students are courteous and respectful
• Motivate students to become independent learners
• Use proven strategies to prevent misbehavior
• Design instruction that will appeal to every student
• Set up a classroom for maximum comfort and learning
• Thrive in the world of high-stakes testing
Table of Contents
SECTION ONE: BECOME A PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR
Chapter 1: Professional Development Begins with You
Chapter 2: Learn to Work with Other Educators
Chapter 3: Create a Link between Home and School
SECTION TWO: CREATE A POSITIVE CLASS CULTURE
Chapter 4: Make Your Classroom a Productive Learning Environment
Chapter 5: Forge Positive Relationships with Students
Chapter 6: Create Opportunities for Student Success
Chapter 7: Take a Proactive Stance to Prevent Misbehavior
Chapter 8: Minimize Disruptions Caused by Misbehavior
SECTION THREE: BE A DYNAMIC TEACHER
Chapter 9: Plan Effective Instruction
Chapter 10: Deliver Effective Instruction
Chapter 11: Assess Your Students' Progress
SECTION FOUR: LOOK TO THE FUTURE
Chapter 12: Twenty-first Century Issues for All Teachers
SECTION FIVE: RESOURCES
Professional Organizations for Teachers
Books to Help You Connect with Your Students
Books to Help Students with Special Needs
Online Resources to Help Students with Special Needs
Books to Help You Improve Student Literacy
Online Resources to Help with Literacy
Books to Help You with Classroom Management and Discipline
Online Resources for Classroom Management and Discipline
Books to Help You Become a Better Teacher
Books to Help You Create Engaging Instruction
Online Resources for Lesson Plan, Teaching Ideas, and Instructional Materials
Books to Help You Work Well with Others
Books to Help You with Time Management and Organization
Online Resources for Time Management, Professionalism, and Workplace Skills
Online Resources for Classroom Arrangement and Decoration
Online Resources for Assessment