The Unauthorized Teacher's Survival Guide: An Essential Reference for Both New And Experienced Educators!

✍ Scribed by Jack Warner, Clyde Bryan, Diane Warner,

• Publisher: JIST Works
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 225
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Two veteran educators share inside secrets, anecdotes, and practical advice for teachers, intended to save years of frustrating experimentation and mistakes. From handling your first day on the job to dealing with burnout, this book covers all the things no one ever told you in your formal education courses. The Unauthorized Teacher's Survival Guide is invaluable for new teachers and reassuring for more experienced educators. Added bonus: a thorough list of the most helpful Web sites for teachers, including resources, organizations, and support groups. Key features include, a glossary of teaching terms, the best advice on every situation a new teacher might encounter, gleaned from 50 years of teaching experience, new statistics regarding school violence, including updated data on gangs, weapons in the classroom, drug and alcohol use, and violence on campus, and ways to use today's technology in your classroom.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Acknowledgments......Page 5
About This Book......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
PART 1 - PREPARING YOURSELF FOR TEACHING......Page 18
Five Ways to Jump-Start Your Year......Page 20
Your New Coworkers......Page 22
Conclusion......Page 36
The Mechanics......Page 38
The Caring......Page 44
Conclusion......Page 53
Opportunities to Meet Parents......Page 54
Report Cards......Page 65
Problem Parents......Page 66
Parent Volunteer Groups......Page 67
Conclusion......Page 69
Field Trips......Page 70
Fund-Raising......Page 76
Classroom Guests and Outside Speakers......Page 78
School Dances......Page 80
Team Sports Events......Page 81
Conclusion......Page 83
Surrogate Parent......Page 84
Friend......Page 85
Social Worker......Page 87
Provider......Page 88
Psychologist......Page 89
Nurse......Page 91
Emergency Worker......Page 92
Conclusion......Page 94
PART 2 - PREPARING YOUR CLASSROOM......Page 96
The General Room Environment......Page 98
Walls and Bulletin Boards......Page 102
Interest Centers......Page 104
Conclusion......Page 112
What You Will Need......Page 114
Supply Sources......Page 117
Conclusion......Page 119
Emergency Lesson Plans for Your Substitute......Page 120
General Information for Your Substitute......Page 122
A Few Helpful Hints......Page 123
Conclusion......Page 125
PART 3 - TACKLING THE BIG THREE: STRESS, DISCIPLINE, AND TIME MANAGEMENT......Page 126
9. Managing Your Stress......Page 128
Lighten Up!......Page 130
Learn to Relax......Page 131
Exercise Every Day......Page 133
Eat Well......Page 134
Keep a Positive Attitude and a Sense of Humor......Page 135
Find a Support Group......Page 136
Know When to Seek Professional Help......Page 137
Conclusion......Page 139
Positive Reinforcements and Negative Consequences......Page 140
Severe Discipline Problems......Page 148
“Keep Schools Safe” Violence Prevention......Page 155
Conclusion......Page 158
Learn to Prioritize......Page 160
Learn to Organize......Page 165
Conclusion......Page 168
PART 4 - WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT......Page 170
Teaching Issues......Page 172
Discipline Issues......Page 176
Issues with Parents......Page 178
Administrative and Coworker Issues......Page 182
Personal Issues......Page 184
13. “I Can Do This!”......Page 190
Glossary - All Those Buzzwords!......Page 192
Organizations......Page 208
Resources......Page 209
Violence Prevention......Page 211
Bibliography......Page 214
Index......Page 218