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This book is the peer teacher everyone wishes they had been assigned when they entered the profession and the refresher veteran teachers might be searching for later in their career. But, teachers are busy. Really busy. Exhaustingly busy- we don't want this book to be one more thing that consumes your spare time. It is important to us that each chapter can be read independent of one another, in any particular order, and in short bursts, so if you need some quick tips on the fly, we want you to be able to find what you need and save the rest for another spare moment. The chapters are arranged chronologically to take you through the school year, but it doesn't need to be read that way. You get to read what will help in the moment.



Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Section 1: Preparing for the Start of School

  1. Start Each Year Fresh
  2. Know Your Standards Before the School Year Begins
  3. Open House Night
  4. Setting Up Your Room
  5. Don’t Spend Your Check Before You Earn It
  6. Pre-School Nightmares

Section 2: Starting the School Year

  1. Have Reasonable Expectations
  2. Start Them Right Into Content In an Engaging Way
  3. Ice Breakers Are a Death Sentence
  4. Accessing Online Platforms
  5. Battling Cell Phones
  6. Find Out Who the Friends Are and Move Them

Section 3: Making Your Workload More Manageable

  1. Starting the Morning
  2. Checking Email
  3. Lesson Planning
  4. Photocopies
  5. Keeping Up With the Grading
  6. Build In Work Days
  7. The Teacher Bag
  8. Leaving for the Day
  9. Stay Organized and Write Everything Down

Section 4: Establishing Student Routines

  1. Collecting Student Work
  2. Handing Back Student Work
  3. Assigning Work
  4. Behaviors That Need Routines

Section 5: Dealing With Administration

  1. Don’t Panic When They Call (Or Email)
  2. Informal Walk-Throughs
  3. Formal Evaluations

Section 6: Communicating With Students, Parents, and Administration

  1. Answering Emails
  2. Calling Home
  3. Using Mass-Text Alert Systems
  4. Parent Conferences

Section 7: Optimizing Interpersonal Skills

  1. Treat Your Students Like Rational Humans
  2. Keep the Rules Simple
  3. The Chronically Absent
  4. The Loud Kids
  5. The Mean Kids
  6. Choose Your Battles

Section 8: Thriving as an Educator

  1. Choosing Your Work Tribe
  2. Deciding Where You Eat Lunch
  3. Know What You Can (and Cannot) Control
  4. Using Your Time On Teacher Workdays
  5. Ditch the Red Pen
  6. What You Wear Matters
  7. Good Teachers Are Always Students
  8. Don't Let the Data Scare You
  9. Polish Your Dragon Scales

Section 9: Increasing Student Engagement and Learning

  1. Back to the Basics
  2. Get em’ Movin’
  3. Show Students the Work Means Something
  4. Make It Yourself
  5. Student Choice
  6. Let Your Kids Struggle
  7. Holy Sh*% We Ended Early, Now What?

Section 10: Incorporating Reading and Writing

  1. Reading Isn't Just for English Class
  2. Get Them Writing

Section 11: Crossing the Digital Divide

  1. Incorporating Technology
  2. Let YouTube Help
  3. Keep it PG

Section 12: Creating and Maintaining Your Work-Life Balance

  1. Know Your Limits
  2. Allow Yourself Time to Recharge
  3. Know Your Contract
  4. Censor Your Social Media
  5. Don’t Overshare With Your Students

Section 13: Ending the School Year

  1. Don’t Just Shove It All In a Box.
  2. Have the Kids Help
  3. Celebrate What Worked
  4. Financially Surviving the Summer

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
      Publication Date: 1/6/2022 12:04:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781475864076, 978-1475864076
      ISBN10: 1475864078

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book is the peer teacher everyone wishes they had been assigned when they entered the profession and the refresher veteran teachers might be searching for later in their career. But, teachers are busy. Really busy. Exhaustingly busy- we don't want this book to be one more thing that consumes your spare time. It is important to us that each chapter can be read independent of one another, in any particular order, and in short bursts, so if you need some quick tips on the fly, we want you to be able to find what you need and save the rest for another spare moment. The chapters are arranged chronologically to take you through the school year, but it doesn't need to be read that way. You get to read what will help in the moment.



      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Introduction

      Section 1: Preparing for the Start of School

      1. Start Each Year Fresh
      2. Know Your Standards Before the School Year Begins
      3. Open House Night
      4. Setting Up Your Room
      5. Don’t Spend Your Check Before You Earn It
      6. Pre-School Nightmares

      Section 2: Starting the School Year

      1. Have Reasonable Expectations
      2. Start Them Right Into Content In an Engaging Way
      3. Ice Breakers Are a Death Sentence
      4. Accessing Online Platforms
      5. Battling Cell Phones
      6. Find Out Who the Friends Are and Move Them

      Section 3: Making Your Workload More Manageable

      1. Starting the Morning
      2. Checking Email
      3. Lesson Planning
      4. Photocopies
      5. Keeping Up With the Grading
      6. Build In Work Days
      7. The Teacher Bag
      8. Leaving for the Day
      9. Stay Organized and Write Everything Down

      Section 4: Establishing Student Routines

      1. Collecting Student Work
      2. Handing Back Student Work
      3. Assigning Work
      4. Behaviors That Need Routines

      Section 5: Dealing With Administration

      1. Don’t Panic When They Call (Or Email)
      2. Informal Walk-Throughs
      3. Formal Evaluations

      Section 6: Communicating With Students, Parents, and Administration

      1. Answering Emails
      2. Calling Home
      3. Using Mass-Text Alert Systems
      4. Parent Conferences

      Section 7: Optimizing Interpersonal Skills

      1. Treat Your Students Like Rational Humans
      2. Keep the Rules Simple
      3. The Chronically Absent
      4. The Loud Kids
      5. The Mean Kids
      6. Choose Your Battles

      Section 8: Thriving as an Educator

      1. Choosing Your Work Tribe
      2. Deciding Where You Eat Lunch
      3. Know What You Can (and Cannot) Control
      4. Using Your Time On Teacher Workdays
      5. Ditch the Red Pen
      6. What You Wear Matters
      7. Good Teachers Are Always Students
      8. Don't Let the Data Scare You
      9. Polish Your Dragon Scales

      Section 9: Increasing Student Engagement and Learning

      1. Back to the Basics
      2. Get em’ Movin’
      3. Show Students the Work Means Something
      4. Make It Yourself
      5. Student Choice
      6. Let Your Kids Struggle
      7. Holy Sh*% We Ended Early, Now What?

      Section 10: Incorporating Reading and Writing

      1. Reading Isn't Just for English Class
      2. Get Them Writing

      Section 11: Crossing the Digital Divide

      1. Incorporating Technology
      2. Let YouTube Help
      3. Keep it PG

      Section 12: Creating and Maintaining Your Work-Life Balance

      1. Know Your Limits
      2. Allow Yourself Time to Recharge
      3. Know Your Contract
      4. Censor Your Social Media
      5. Don’t Overshare With Your Students

      Section 13: Ending the School Year

      1. Don’t Just Shove It All In a Box.
      2. Have the Kids Help
      3. Celebrate What Worked
      4. Financially Surviving the Summer

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