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Teacher's Guide to Success, The (with DVD)
Ellen L. Kronowitz, California State University, San Bernardino

ISBN-10: 0205456197
ISBN-13: 9780205456192

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paperback with DVD; 352 pp
Published: 02/27/2007

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The Teacher's Guide to Success: Teaching Effectively in Today's Classrooms is a quick and easy reference to support teachers at all grade levels, but particularly teachers experiencing their first years in the classroom.

 

The dynamic Dr. Ellen Kronowitz offers a realistic view of today’s classrooms and presents a very practical approach to preparing to teach. Pre-service and in-service teachers alike are provided tried and true experienced-based suggestions and research-based strategies and solutions to meet classroom challenges. Organized by 8 topical units that address common, overriding concerns in the classroom, teachers are taken from the first day to the end of the school year. Each of the brief chapters within each unit simplifies the complex challenges teachers face including: having a successful first day, organizing the classroom with proven routines and procedures, disciplining students in a respectful and positive manner, mapping out a differentiated curriculum, teaching with proven research-based strategies, assessing student learning, working with parents, preparing students for standardized tests, addressing the personal and professional needs of teachers, and much more. Paired with a powerful DVD that comes with every book, readers are provided with tips from leading authorities in education, examples from live classrooms, and printable resources ready for immediate use in the classroom.

 

In addition to the practitioners themselves, The Teacher's Guide to Success is appropriate for supervisors, administrators, curriculum coordinators, mentor teachers, in-service support providers, university methods course professors, and student teaching seminar leaders alike. All will find that this handbook facilitates their work with pre- and in-service teachers.

  • Based on her years of experience as a classroom teacher and working with future teachers at California State-San Bernardino, Dr. Kronowitz writes with a style that leaves all teachers feeling as though she is in the classroom with them.
  • “Effectiveness Essentials” at the beginning of every chapter provides the reader with a preview of the discussion to follow.
  • “Watch It!” callouts throughout the text refer readers to video clips from MyLabSchool that allow the written word to come to life as actual teachers and students demonstrate concepts and techniques in real-life classrooms. Students can apply the material in post-viewing prompts and questions.
  • “Apply It!” features encourage readers to apply and adapt concepts and strategies to their own situations.
  • “Avoid It!” alerts throughout each chapter inform readers of potential pitfalls and drawbacks of certain practices.
  • “Teacher Talks…and Student Says…” features present anecdotes or guidance from current teachers and student perspectives throughout the text, as relevant to the text material.
  • “Myth Buster!” features take common perceptions and misconceptions about teaching and explores their realities.
  • “Classroom Artifacts” features at various points in the book provide sample lessons that incorporate concepts and techniques presented in the book.
  • Helpful Unit Checklists summarize key points made in each unit and provide pre- and in-service teachers with a ready-made list of reminders of key elements that will help make their teaching days efficient and effective.
  • Suggested readings and websites at the end of every unit point students to additional key resources to glean more information.
  • As a quick-guide for daily practices, the unique layout of the book and space allowed for personal notes encourages users of the book to use it on a daily basis in the classroom.
  • Technology Advantage: A robust DVD that comes with every book introduces the reader to the author and her philosophy of education and provides teachers with extensive resources that will assist teachers in the classroom and with their professional development. Resources on the DVD include videoclips of noted experts within the field of education speaking on pertinent issues in education today, footage of students and teachers in real classrooms demonstrating various instructional techniques, and a plethora of ready-to-use forms and charts to use immediately in the classroom.

UNIT I.    INTRODUCTION.

1.    How Does Teaching Differ from Student Teaching?

2.    What Are Some Challenges for the Reflective Teacher?

3.    What Are Some Key Research Findings About The Induction Year?

4.    How Can I Plan Ahead for My First Day?

 

UNIT II.    FIRST DAY

5.    What 10 Principles Should Guide My First Day?

6.    How Do I Arrange and Assign Seats?

7.    What Should I Wear and What Should I Say?

8.    How Do I Learn Students’ Names and How Do They Learn Each Other’s Names?

9.    How Do I Establish Rules and Discipline the First Day?

 

UNIT III.    CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT .

10.    How Do I Accessorize the Classroom with Bulletin Boards and Extras?  

11.    How Do I Establish and Maintain Routines for Entrances/Exits, Beginning and Ending the Day?

12.    What Are Some Routines for Materials and Movement Around the Room?

13.    What Instructional Routines Will I Need?

14.    How Can I Engage Students in Operating the Classroom?

15.    How Do I Manage Technology in My Classroom?

 

UNIT IV.    POSITIVE DISCIPLINE.

16.    What Are the Two Main Views of Changing Behavior?

17.    What Are Some Causes of Misbehavior?

18.    How Can I Prevent Discipline Problems Before They Start?

19.    What Teacher Behaviors Lead to a Positive Classroom Climate?

20.     What Are Some Non-Verbal Strategies to Maintain Order and Some Responses to Avoid?

 

UNIT V.    PLANNING AND ORGANIZING SUBJECT MATTER

21.    How Do I Align State Standards and Fit Everything In?

22.    How Do I Write Monthly, Daily, Weekly, and Unit Plans?

23.    How Do I Gather Materials and Resources to Support My Instruction?

24.    How Do I Plan for Substitutes and Classroom Aides?

 

UNIT VI.    ENGAGING ALL LEARNERS.

25.    How Do I Communicate Positive Expectations to My Students?

26.    What Research-based Strategies Should I Consider?

27.    How Can I Organize Cooperative Learning Groups?

28.    How Do I Differentiate Instruction to Meet the Needs of All Learners?

29.    What Strategies Are Effective for English Language Learners?

 

UNIT VII.    ASSESSING AND COMMUNICATING STUDENT PROGRESS.

30.    How Does Authentic Assessment Differ From Standardized Assessment?

31.    How Can I Assess Student Interests and Attitudes?

32.    What Are Some Paperwork and Grading Shortcuts?

33.    How Can I Prepare My Students for Taking Tests?

34.    How Can I Enlist Parent Support and Communicate with Parents?

 

UNIT VIII.    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

35.    What Is Reflective Practice and How Do I Engage In It?

36.    How Do I Establish Relationships with Administrators and Colleagues?

37.    How Can I Manage My Time and Balance My Life?

38.    How Can I Manage Stress?

39.    What Professional Opportunities are Open to Me?

40.    Now It’s Time to Teach!

 

EPILOGUE: The Last Days of School: Closing Out a Successful Year

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Ellen Kronowitz has been a professor at California State University since 1978 where she co-founded the university demonstration school and worked with student teachers and interns and taught courses in curriculum and social studies methods. She was granted Emeritus status in June 2004. Ellen has authored Your First Year of Teaching and Beyond, now in its 4th edition, poetry and social studies resource books for teachers, and early literacy book as part of a series. She also enjoys horseback riding and skiing.

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