The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide Professional Development Training Kit
Increase your beginning teachers' chances for success with this comprehensive training package, based on Julia Thompson's bestselling book for new teachers. Dubbed a "mentor in a book,"
The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide has helped more than 100,000 new teachers create a positive and dynamic learning environment for their students while meeting the challenges of each school day.
This rich multimedia training package distills Thompson's practical approach to teaching and classroom management—honed over thirty years of real-world experience—with ninety-plus minutes of video instruction on such core topics as:
• Using proactive strategies to minimize misbehavior and encourage self-discipline
• Planning productive lessons
• Using class time and space wisely
• Delivering dynamic instruction to meet the needs of all learners
• Working as part of a collaborative school team
The accompanying
Facilitator's Manual offers a treasure trove for staff developers:
• a selection of workshop agendas for each video module (to fit a one-day workshop or ongoing training)
• insightful discussion questions to ensure lively workshops
• suggestions for further reading on each topic
• a plethora of free downloadable forms to keep new teachers organized.
Also included is a wealth of tips to ensure workshops stay engaging and productive. With this comprehensive training package, schools and districts can get an effective teacher induction program up and running for a fraction of the cost of hiring an outside trainer.
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The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide, Second Edition
This new edition is the result of the success of the bestselling
First-Year Teacher's Survival Kit. The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide, Second Edition is fully revised and updated to cover the many changes in the K-12 classroom over the past five years, including topics such as literacy education, the requirements of No Child Left Behind, and and the changes in classroom technology integration.
Some of the 'how to' topics covered in
First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide, Second Edition include these:
• How to help students improve their reading skills
• How to avoid a lawsuit
• How to create a positive self-fulfilling prophecy
• How to personalize report cards
• How to assemble a first-day welcome packet
• How to help students cope with negative peer pressure
• How to create a class Web page or newsletter
• How to use the many Web resources for educators
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Discipline Survival Guide for the Secondary Teacher, Second Edition
All teachers know that without a mannerly classroom environment, no lesson, no matter how creative, how beautifully planned, or how artfully delivered, can be successful. The goal of every teacher is to help students learn to be successful while managing their own actions.
Discipline Survival Guide for the Secondary Teacher can provide you with the tools you need to accomplish your professional goals as you help your students achieve their dreams.
Some of the 'how to' topics covered in
Discipline Survival Kit for the Secondary Teacher, Second Edition include these:
• How to help students become self-disciplined
• How to teach study skills and time management
• How to identify discipline responsibilities
• How to establish classroom routines
• How to relate well to every student
• How to minimize disruptions
• How to use every minute of instructional time
• How to solve specific discipline problems
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The First-Year Teacher's Checklist
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
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