Secrets for secondary school teachers : how to succeed in your first year /: how to succeed in your first year. ([2004])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ellen Kottler, Jeffrey A. Kottler, Cary J. Kottler.
• Authors: Kottler, Ellen; Kottler, Jeffrey A; Kottler, Cary J
• Contents: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 -- Learning Your Way around the School""; ""Orient Yourself""; ""Make Friends with the School Secretaries""; ""Rules and Regulations""; ""Meeting Your Department""; ""Your Classroom""; ""Custodians""; ""Building Orientation""; ""Safety Concerns""; ""School Traditions""; ""Lunch Options""; ""Meeting Others""; ""Induction Programs""; ""Take a Breath""; ""Chapter 2 -- Organizing Your Room""; ""Inventory Resources""; ""Flow and Movement""; ""Bulletin Boards, Wall Space, and the Ceiling""; ""Equipment Checklist"" ""Supplies Checklist""""Makeup Work""; ""First-Aid Supplies""; ""Supplies for Traveling Teachers""; ""Other Considerations""; ""Chapter 3 -- Knowing Your Students""; ""Collecting Information""; ""Introductions""; ""Studentsâ€? Cultures""; ""Gender""; ""Sexual Orientation""; ""Diverse Abilities""; ""Learning Styles""; ""Multiple Intelligences""; ""Gifted and Talented Students""; ""Special Events""; ""Student Relationships""; ""Chapter 4 -- Dressing for Success""; ""First Impressions""; ""Clothing Considerations""; ""Spirit Days""; ""Image""; ""Clothing as an Instructional Tool"" ""Chapter 5 -- Beginning and Ending Your Class on the First Day""""First Contact""; ""Movement""; ""Setting the Rules""; ""Some Sample Rules""; ""Theories and Models of Classroom Discipline""; ""Class Syllabus""; ""Get to Work""; ""Ending the Period""; ""Time Considerations""; ""A Cheat Sheet""; ""Chapter 6 -- Developing Plans for Instruction and Assessment""; ""Long-Term Planning""; ""Unit Planning""; ""Daily Lesson Plans and Assessments""; ""Integrating Input from Testing""; ""Final thoughts on Planning""; ""Chapter 7 -- Managing Time and Paperwork""; ""Attendance""; ""Grades"" ""Paperwork Considerations""""The Mailbox""; ""Planning and Calendars""; ""In the Beginning""; ""Forms""; ""Organize Your Work Space""; ""Managing Time""; ""At the End""; ""Chapter 8 -- Avoiding Boredomâ€?Theirs and Yours""; ""Capturing and Maintaining Interest""; ""Attitude and Values""; ""Chapter 9 -- Eating Lunch""; ""Choices, Choices""; ""The Consequences of the Decision""; ""Final Advice""; ""Chapter 10 -- Connecting with Students""; ""Being Visible and Accessible""; ""Listen, Donâ€?t Talk""; ""Reach out to Students""; ""Some Quick Interventions"" ""Things to Consider When Connecting with Students""""Connecting with Difficult Students""; ""Chapter 11 -- Communicating with Parents""; ""The Importance of Parent Involvement""; ""Building Parent Relationships""; ""Contacting Parents""; ""Open House""; ""Face-to-Face Contacts""; ""Ongoing Contact""; ""Understanding Limited Responses from Parents""; ""Recruiting Parents as Allies""; ""Chapter 12 -- Dealing with Difficult Students""; ""Classroom Management""; ""Guidelines for Engaging Students""; ""Students with Attention Deficits""; ""Avoid Direct Confrontation""
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Copyright Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 373.13; First year teachers; High school teachers; Teacher orientation; EDUCATION / Secondary; First year teachers; High school teachers; Teacher orientation; Teacher orientation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483362816; 1483362817; 9781483360621; 1483360628
• Related ISBNs: 9780761939856; 9780761939849
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 12, 2015)
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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