Your first year as a high school teacher : making the transition from a total novice to a successful professional / Lynne Marie Rominger, Suzanne Packard, Natalie Elkin.
Rominger, Lynne.; Packard, Suzanne.; Elkin, Natalie.
2001
LB1607.5 .R66 2001 (Mapit)
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Title Your first year as a high school teacher : making the transition from a total novice to a successful professional / Lynne Marie Rominger, Suzanne Packard, Natalie Elkin.
Author Rominger, Lynne.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780761529699 (pbk.)
0761529691 (pbk.)
Imprint Roseville, Calif. : Prima Pub., c2001.
Language English
Description xvii, 430 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number LB1607.5 .R66 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification 373.11
Summary Offers advice to beginning high school teachers on how to ease the transition from novice to professional, discussing organization and rules, classroom set-up, lesson planning, classroom management, grading and homework, communication, and other topics.
Note Includes index.
Added Author Packard, Suzanne.
Elkin, Natalie.
Series Your first year series.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
pt. 1. So ... you want to be a teacher
1. Opening Pandora's box
2. The nitty-gritty
pt. 2. Setting up your classroom
3. Organizing your classroom
4. A splash of chartreuse, construction paper, and a brain in a jar : decorating your room and gathering supplies
5. Lockdown
your rules
pt. 3. Lesson planning
6. Blockhead and traditionalists : understanding your school year and schedule
7. Knowing and organizing your curriculum
8. Mom always said, "be prepared" : lesson plans
9. Incorporating multimedia
10. I'm outta here! : Preparing for absences from your classroom
pt. 4. Classroom management
11. Breaking the rules
12. Developing an effective seating arrangement
13. Reducing downtime : quick transitions
pt. 5. Communication and contract
14. Communicating with parents
15. Cocktail wieners and communicating with faculty
16. Maintaining and nurturing relationships with students
pt. 6. Grading, assessing, and evaluating
17. Creating your grading system
18. Assessing students
19. On display : evaluations
pt. 7. Odds and ends
20. Seeking support
21. Procuring and keeping a teaching assistant
22. Rebels without a cause : difficult kids
23. Teacher associations/unions : to join or not to join
Appendices
Index.

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