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Rookie teaching for dummies / by W. Michael Kelley.

By: Kelley, W. Michael
Series: --For dummies: Publisher: New York : Wiley Pub., c2003Description: xx, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780764524790Subject(s): First year teachers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Teaching -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 371.1
Contents:
What They Didn't Teach You in College -- What Have You Gotten Yourself Into? -- Dealing with Society's Nutty Notions about Teaching -- How Things Have Changed in the Classroom -- Managing Your Classroom -- Finding Your Way Around -- Setting Up Your Classroom -- The First Day of School -- Keeping Your Kids Under Control -- Picking Your Fights -- Avoiding Sexual Harassment -- Delivering Instruction -- Finding Your Style -- Making Learning Fun -- Managing Assessment -- Meet the Supporting Cast -- Getting to Know Your Administrators -- Getting to Know Your Co-Workers -- Getting to Know Parents -- Getting to Know Students -- Duties Other than Teaching -- Implicit and Explicit Duties -- Navigating the Sea of Paperwork -- Health and First-Aid Issues -- The Part of Tens -- Ten Things That Always Happen to Rookie Teachers -- The Ten Biggest Rookie Blunders -- Ten Ways to Use Technology in Your Classroom -- Ten Great World Wide Web Resources for Rookie Teachers.
Summary: Navigate politics, paperwork, and legal issues. Find your instructional style and make learning fun for your students! Gain the upper hand on your first day of school! This friendly guide reveals what they didn't teach you in your education classes, offering practical advice and tons of real-life examples to help you set up and maintain an orderly classroom, engage your students, establish a grading system, and develop positive relationships with parents and school administrators. The Dummies Way: Explanations in plain English, "Get in, get out" information, icons and other navigational aids, tear-out cheat sheet, top ten lists, a dash of humor and fun.
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Includes index.

Navigate politics, paperwork, and legal issues. Find your instructional style and make learning fun for your students! Gain the upper hand on your first day of school! This friendly guide reveals what they didn't teach you in your education classes, offering practical advice and tons of real-life examples to help you set up and maintain an orderly classroom, engage your students, establish a grading system, and develop positive relationships with parents and school administrators. The Dummies Way: Explanations in plain English, "Get in, get out" information, icons and other navigational aids, tear-out cheat sheet, top ten lists, a dash of humor and fun.

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