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What Great Teachers Do Differently : Nineteen Things That Matter Most.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitaker, Todd.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teacher effectiveness.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (151 pages)
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Eye On Education, Incorporated, 2020.
- Summary:
- What are the beliefs and behaviors that set great teachers apart? In this internationally renowned bestseller, Todd Whitaker reveals 19 keys to becoming more effective in the classroom.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Meet the Author
- Introduction
- 1 Why Look at Great?
- Studying Effective Teachers
- 2 It's People, Not Programs
- Programs Come and Go
- How Open Classrooms Got Started
- Assertive Discipline: The Problem or the Solution?
- It's Not What You Do, It's How You Do It
- The Poor Lecturer's Classroom
- 3 The Power of Expectations
- Expectations
- Rules
- Stop the Thumping!
- Consequences
- Set Expectations at the Start of the Year
- We Are Still Undefeated
- 4 If You Say Something, Mean It
- The Football Coach
- This Time, I Really Mean It
- Smile When You Say That
- When You Are Ready
- From Four to Three ...
- Class Rules the Day
- 5 Prevention versus Revenge
- When a Student Misbehaves
- Sending Students to the Office
- "Nuthin' Happened"
- A Teacher's Bag of Tricks
- Respect Your Students, Their Parents-and Yourself
- Twenty-Four Students on the Side of the Teacher
- Restoring Trust
- 6 It Is More Than Relationships
- Relationships, Expectations, and Consistency
- The Start of the School Year
- Teaching Is Complicated
- It Takes All Three
- 7 Choose the Right Mode
- The Disruptor
- At Home
- Every Day
- Business Mode
- Office Referral
- 8 High Expectations-for Whom?
- Are High Expectations Important?
- 9 Who Is the Variable?
- Who Is the Variable in the Classroom?
- What If the Students Do Poorly?
- How Do We Deal with the Demands of Others?
- 10 Focus on Students First
- Change for Students' Sake?
- How Broad Is Your Vision?
- Three Ways to React
- Focus on Colleagues Second
- The Hotel California
- Remember What Matters
- How Do You View Your Siam?
- 11 Ten Days Out of Ten
- We Never Forget That One Time
- You Do Not Have to Like the Students
- The Power of Praise.
- Five Strategies That Help Praise Work
- Too Much Nice
- 12 Be the Filter
- How Is Your Day Going?
- The Angry Parent
- Filter Yourself
- When the Teacher Sneezes
- One Goal, Every Day
- Where the Elite Meet?
- The World Outside School
- "This Is the Worst Group of Kids We've Ever Had"
- Perception Can Become Reality
- 13 Don't Need to Repair-Always Do Repair
- Some Never Need to Repair-But Always Do
- Some Always Need to Repair-But Never Do
- I Am Sorry That Happened
- The Highway Patrol
- 14 The Ability to Ignore
- Hey, Pretzel Face!
- Ignore Minor Errors
- Understand the High Achievers
- 15 Intentionalness
- Why Does Stefan Always Pick Noah?
- The All-school Assembly
- The Faculty Meeting
- Flexible Seating
- 16 Base Every Decision on the Best People
- Shoplifters Will Be Prosecuted!
- This Means You!
- What Will the Best Students Think?
- The Best Students Will Be "Fine" No Matter What
- The Teacher's Pet
- 17 In Every Situation, Ask Who Is Most Comfortable and Who Is Least Comfortable
- Treat Everyone as if They Were Good
- Uncomfortable Feelings Make People Change-One Way or Another
- Pay for Performance
- 18 Put Yourself in Their Position
- Teacher-Pleasers
- Model the Behavior You Expect
- How Others See Us
- What Do You Choose to Be?
- 19 What About These Darn Standardized Tests?
- Without Success, Tests Become the School
- Raise Those Test Scores!
- Keep Testing in Perspective
- So, You Want to Improve Your Reading Scores?
- 20 Make It Cool to Care
- Having a "Cool" Classroom
- The Great Teacher
- Merry Christmas, Everyone!
- Who Are the Legends?
- Touch the Heart, Then Teach the Child
- 21 Clarify Your Core
- Nineteen Things That Matter Most
- References.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Whitaker, Todd What Great Teachers Do Differently
- ISBN:
- 9781000050325
- OCLC:
- 1150184694
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