Starting Strong
Surviving and Thriving as a New Teacher
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-57517-897-4 (ISBN)
Description
A must-have resource for new teachers, Starting Strong: Surviving and Thriving as a New Teacher has information and time-tested ideas that make the first years of teaching flow smoothly.
Practical suggestions and advice help new teachers move quickly past the survival mode, allowing them to flourish in this wonderful career called teaching. The book assists new teachers in:
Creating the classroom environment
Managing the classroom
Designing instruction
Promoting, facilitating, and assessing learning
Communicating with students, parents, and colleagues
Starting Strong: Surviving and Thriving as a New Teacher is truly the new teacher's guide for understanding the roles, responsibilities, and relationships of teaching.
Practical suggestions and advice help new teachers move quickly past the survival mode, allowing them to flourish in this wonderful career called teaching. The book assists new teachers in:
Creating the classroom environment
Managing the classroom
Designing instruction
Promoting, facilitating, and assessing learning
Communicating with students, parents, and colleagues
Starting Strong: Surviving and Thriving as a New Teacher is truly the new teacher's guide for understanding the roles, responsibilities, and relationships of teaching.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
676 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57517-897-4 (9781575178974)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
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Book
10/2007
2nd Edition
Corwin Press Inc
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Persons
Kristen J. Nelson is the author of numerous books in the education field, including Teaching in the Digital Age and Developing Students' Multiple Intelligences. She works for a large suburban school district in Orange County, California. Nelson has been an elementary and middle school teacher before becoming an educational administrator. Kim Bailey, with more than 29 years' experience in education, has served as a special education classroom teacher, district administrator, educational consultant, and university professor. For the past eight years, she has placed her professional focus in the areas of professional development and educational leadership.
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Teacher as a Creator of Classroom Environment
Chapter 2 - Teacher as a Manager of the Classroom
Chapter 3 - Teacher as a Designer of Instruction
Chapter 4 - Teacher as an Assessor
Chapter 5 - Teacher as a Promoter of Literacy
Chapter 6 - Teacher as a Facilitator and Guide for Learning
Chapter 7 - Teacher as a Relationship Builder
Chapter 8 - Teacher as Communicator
Chapter 9 - Teacher as a Learner
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
Chapter 1 - Teacher as a Creator of Classroom Environment
Chapter 2 - Teacher as a Manager of the Classroom
Chapter 3 - Teacher as a Designer of Instruction
Chapter 4 - Teacher as an Assessor
Chapter 5 - Teacher as a Promoter of Literacy
Chapter 6 - Teacher as a Facilitator and Guide for Learning
Chapter 7 - Teacher as a Relationship Builder
Chapter 8 - Teacher as Communicator
Chapter 9 - Teacher as a Learner
Afterword
Bibliography
Index