Full Description
For new teachers and veterans, mentors, instructional coaches, and staff developers, this book shows you how the best teachers avoid and correct the 20 most common teaching mistakes. Clear, direct, and passionate, this book provides tools to help you take charge of your classroom, yourself, your students' educations, and to become the best teacher you can possibly be!
Contents
Chapter 1 Mistake 1 : Assuming Students Already Know; Chapter 2 Mistake 2 : Attempting to Control; Chapter 3 Mistake 3: Engaging in Power Struggles; Chapter 4 Mistake 4: Taking Student Behavior Personally; Chapter 5 Mistake 5: Foregoing the Real-Life Connection; Chapter 6 Mistake 6: Teaching to the Whole; Chapter 7 Mistake 7: Allowing for Unstructured Time; Chapter 8 Mistake 8: Failing to Organize; Chapter 9 Mistake 9: Being Unprofessional; Chapter 10 Mistake 10 : Lowering Expectations; Chapter 11 Mistake 11 : Treating Students Unfairly; Chapter 12 Mistake 12: Neglecting Priorities; Chapter 13 Mistake 13: Being Inconsistent; Chapter 14 Mistake 14: Planning Haphazardly; Chapter 15 Mistake 15: Misusing the Administration; Chapter 16 Mistake 16: Delaying Feedback; Chapter 17 Mistake 17: Discouraging Participation; Chapter 18 Mistake 18: Sacrificing the Parent-Teacher Alliance; Chapter 19 Mistake 19: Believing the Façade; Chapter 20 Mistake 20: Refusing to Acknowledge Mistakes; Chapter 21 Conclusion;
