Full Description
Make your first year teaching a success!As a new teacher, you can be completely overwhelmed--feeling lost and not knowing where to start when you receive the keys for the first time. The Organized Teacher's Guide to Your First Year of Teaching will be your guide during these first few days and weeks and put you on the road to success.Featuring a series of lists, checklists, charts and diagrams, this handbook can be read quickly and referred to over and over. It includes a CD-ROM of all checklists and any matter that is reproducible.The CD-ROM will have an additional 50 pages of printable content not found in the book. These extra forms will be referred to in context, with thumbnails to show you how to use them to your best advantage.An all-in-one resource and checklist for grades K-6, in any subject. Reproducible pages (also contained on a CD-ROM) ready for you to use, including charts, diagrams and guidelines for organizing a new classroom.Helping you thrive in your first year and beyondEasy-to-understand, accessibleLow priced to fit your budget
Contents
North-Focal Point (front of classroom-board, calendar, etc)Beginning of the Year ChecklistsFirst Month of Teaching (Back-to-School, Faculty meetings, emergency procedures, etc)Professional Tips (Testing, Credential Renewal, Salary Points)Sharing Personal Information about OneselfChalkboard/Whiteboard (maps, screen, overhead projector, ELMO)Calendar as a Teaching ToolUses for the Rug/Common AreaBulletins-First Day Welcome Letter, Homework AssignmentsAttention Getters and What They MeanStandards and Curriculum Guides/Teacher EditionTop Ten Tips for ParentsThe Door-Entry and Exit Procedures, Preparing for Field TripsNote on Door Telling People Where the Students Be Found (recess, Lunch, Computer Lab, Library)South-Teacher's Space (back of classroom- teacher's desk and a computer)"Who to Know and Where to Go" on CampusAnatomy of a New TeacherSchool Protocol Do's and Don'tsPreparing for a Stull/Formal Evaluation by an AdministratorLesson Plans-Step-by-Step, Weekly, Monthly, Them/Unit (examples and templates)Grade Book10 New Teacher RemindersBeginning Teacher Portfolio-What To KeepFile CabinetsSchool Culture/ConductFirst five years (Discipline, Curriculum, Creativity, Professional Stance)Acronym Page/Cheat SheetCurriculum Advice (Title 1, Title 7)"In Case You're Out" (Substitute Teacher Preparation Page)Bilingual Overview-10 TipsPep TalkEast-Student Space (side of classroom-library, centers, bulletin board)Library-Set-Up (Bibliography-top ten authors and top three-five books for each grade level)Bulletin Boards (samples)-Hanging Paper and/or Material, Necessary Bulletin Board Elements, Keeping them Current and Representative of Student WorkSetting-Up Classroom Walls (multiplication facts, word wall, art porjects)Sample Centers- (Publishing Center, Clay Table)Computer Center Including Useful Student and Teacher Websites (star fall.com, Tumblebooks.com, icdlbooks.org, etc...)Problem Solving Skills for StudentsWest-Student and Teacher Space (closet, small group table, sink)Organizing Student and Supply ClosetsOrganizing Sink SpaceSmall Group Instruction-Strategies and Grouping TechniquesStudent Portfolios-Students best work for curricular areasList of Top 5-10 Incentives and MotivatorsClassroom Fillers- Games (Around the World, I-Spy, Sponge Activities-Top Ten)Arial View-Looking Down from Above (student desks/needs)Classroom Design/Students Desks/Set-UpParents Reminders (Homework Protocol and Expectations)Behavior Management Ideas and ChartsTop Ten Ways to Communicate Effectively (Parents, Grade Level Team Members, Administrators), Body Language, Positive Discourse, Ask QuestionsStudent Name/Number-Emergency ContactsSample Record Page (Cumulative Folders- Report Card, Retention Requests, ELD Level, Test Scores, 504 Plan, IEP's)How to Assign Homework and Homework Chart for Tracking AssignmentsUse of Aide or VolunteersTest Taking Preparation and StrategiesOrganizing Students in LineNER(01): WOW
