How to Be Successful in Your First Year of Teaching High School : Everything You Need to Know That They Don't Teach You in School

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kocsis, Anne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

First year teachers--Training of--United States.

Language arts (Secondary)--United States.

Teacher effectiveness--United States.

First year teachers.

Language arts (Secondary).

Teacher effectiveness.

Local Subjects:

First year teachers--Training of--United States.

Language arts (Secondary)--United States.

Teacher effectiveness--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Other Title:

How to Be Successful in Your First Year of Teaching High School

Place of Publication:

: Atlantic Publishing Group, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Teaching can be a very stressful profession, one that causes worry in everyone who steps in front of a classroom for the first time and for a new High School teacher especially it can be downright overwhelming. This book, written for every new teacher who is stepping into a classroom for the first time, is designed to be that initial introduction every new high school teacher needs. Within the pages of this highly researched new book, first-year high school teachers will learn how to deal with supplies, planning, parents, overcrowded classrooms, the requirements of the No Child Left Behind A

Contents:

""�Acknowledgements""; ""�Table of Contents""; ""�Foreword""; ""�Author�s Note""; ""�Introduction""; ""�Section 1: I Want to Teach High School � Now What?""; ""�Chapter 1: Various Paths and Preparation""; ""The Traditional Route""; ""Professional Development Schools (PDS)""; ""Part-time Traditional Route""; ""Internet Degree Option""; ""Fast Track Programs""; ""Continuing Education""; ""Guest Teacher Program""; ""Certification and Licensure""; ""Background Checks""; ""Acquiring Teaching Experience""; ""�Chapter 2: Location, Location, Location""

""Student-Oriented Paperwork""""Teacher-centric Paperwork""; ""Technology""; ""Those Four Walls""; ""Budget Cuts Require Teachers to Get Creative""; ""�Chapter 5: And So it Begins""; ""Getting Through the First Day of School""; ""Creating Lesson Plans""; ""Elements of a lesson plan""; ""Steps to Creating your Lesson Plans""; ""Common Planning Errors by New or Inexperienced Teachers""; ""�Chapter 6: Making the Grade""; ""Learning Styles""; ""Assessments""; ""All About Rubrics""; ""How You Are Graded as a Teacher""; ""�Section 3: Using Your People Skills""

""�Chapter 7: Reaching Your Students""""Introducing Yourself""; ""Earning Their Respect""; ""The Issue of Sex""; ""The Mix of Students""; ""Encountering Students with Non-Academic Problems""; ""�Chapter 8: Working With Parents and Guardians""; ""Effective Teacher/Parent Communication""; ""Back-to-School Night (BTS)""; ""The Conference""; ""Forms of Communication and the Pros and Cons of Each""; ""Tips for Dealing with Difficult Parents""; ""�Chapter 9: Communicating with Administrators, Faculty, and Other Staff""; ""Hierarchy and Roles of Administration""

""�Section 4: Matters You Cannot Control""""�Chapter 10: Politics in Education""; ""What You Need to Understand""; ""�Chapter 11: A Dose of Reality""; ""Armed with Rhetoric""; ""The Cold Hard Facts""; ""Discrepancies to Embrace Now""; ""All Dressed Up and No Place to Go""; ""Other Duties Upon Request""; ""�Chapter 12: Final Advice""; ""Professional Development""; ""Rookie Mistakes""; ""Stress Reduction Techniques""; ""�Conclusion""; ""�Bibliography""; ""�Biography""

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-60138-752-0

OCLC:

867714587