Full Description
New teachers have it tough. They have a very difficult and complex job, and they must learn how to do it in front of a studio audience of unruly adolescents, anxious parents, and watchful administrators. To help new teachers navigate this daunting backdrop, Finding Success the First Year is here to act as a personal guide to the first year of teaching.
This book was written by a new teacher navigating through his own first year, and it uses those experiences to serve as a foundation for a step-by-step guide on how to survive and thrive in that all important first year. With everything from answers to frequent new-teacher questions and warnings of common new teacher pitfalls to specific strategies and veteran tricks useful for clawing back precious hours of the day, Matthew Johnson gives clear tips and clear reasons for them in a straightforward, jargonless voice and a mixture of practicality and philosophy.
Contents
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Unit I Introduction: The Secret Weapons
Chapter 3 Enthusiasm
Chapter 4 Setting the Right Tone
Chapter 5 Respect
Chapter 6 The Power of Positives
Part 7 Unit 2 Introduction: Who Are Your Students
Chapter 8 Teaching Common Sense
Chapter 9 Teaching Is a Game of Inches
Chapter 10 Fragile Students
Part 11 Unit 3 Introduction: Relating to Your Students
Chapter 12 Keeping Lessons Clear
Chapter 13 How to Get the Most from Your Students
Chapter 14 Student Accountability or You Can Lead a Horse to Water
Chapter 15 How to Design a Foolproof Lesson
Chapter 16 How to Deliver a Foolproof Lesson
Part 17 Unit 4 Introduction: Managing Your Students
Chapter 18 Idle Threats and Consequence Scales
Chapter 19 Using Your Voice and Body to Deliver Messages
Chapter 20 How to Respond to Unwanted Behavior
Chapter 21 Trouble is Complex
Part 22 Unit 5 Introduction: Building Your Classroom Foundation
Chapter 23 Setting Up the Ground Rules
Chapter 24 Physically Setting Up the Classroom
Chapter 25 Classroom Rituals
Part 26 Unit 6 Introduction: The Tools of the Trade
Chapter 27 Lectures
Chapter 28 Discussions
Chapter 29 Group Work
Part 30 Unit 7 Introduction: Cheat Sheets
Chapter 31 How to Respond to a Question You Don't Have an Answer For
Chapter 32 A Student Cheats
Chapter 33 When Bad Things Happen in Good Classrooms
Chapter 34 Pressing the Reset Button on the Classroom
Part 35 Unit 8 Introduction: The Tasks
Chapter 36 Dealing With Parents
Chapter 37 Teaching to Everyone
Part 38 Unit 9 Introduction: The Traps
Chapter 39 Just Say No: The Pitches
Chapter 40 The Urge to Be Groovy
Chapter 41 Friendly Fire
Part 42 Unit 10 Introduction: The Tricks
Chapter 43 The Advantages of Being a New Teacher
Chapter 44 The Role of Emotion in Class
Chapter 45 The Use of Technology
Chapter 46 Becoming an Organizational Champion
Part 47 Conclusion: A Final Word
