Another year, another group of new teachers graduating from college and looking forward to their first teaching job. The way you begin can make all the difference between a happy career as a teacher, and your worst nightmare each day and you dreading to enter the classroom.
There’s a lot to learn about being an effective teacher, but it’s tough to improve your skills when you’ve been thrown in at the deep end and told to sink or swim. It’s also tough to make the most of ongoing teacher training and the latest list of core curriculum requirement when everyone sounds like they’re speaking a foreign language.
In this guide, two teachers with more than 20 years of experience offer their 12 top teaching tips for new teachers just graduating in 2016, or teachers who have already been teaching but find themselves struggling with discipline issues and/or finding enough time in the day to get it all done. Each tip offers a range of practical ways to deal with each issue.
By teachers, for teachers, use this guide to discover a range of ideas and skills to make the most of your wonderful new career as a teacher.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: THE 10 MOST COMMON MISTAKES NEW TEACHERS AND/OR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS MAKE
CHAPTER 2: COMMON TEACHING CHALLENGES AND HOW TO OVERCOME THEM
CHAPTER 3: 10 MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR A SUCCESSFUL CLASSROOM
CHAPTER 4: 12 WAYS TO GIVE PRAISE AND INFLUENCE STUDENTS
CHAPTER 5: 10 WAYS TO DISCIPLINE AN UNRULY STUDENT WITHOUT SHAMING THEM
CHAPTER 6: HOW TO TEACH A “FLIPPED CLASSROOM”
CHAPTER 7: HOW TO USE VIDEO CONFERENCING FOR TEACHING PRIVATE, GROUP OR CLASSROOM STUDENTS
CHAPTER 8: STEM AND STEAM-WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
CHAPTER 9: 12 TOP WEBSITES FOR CURRICULUM AND LESSON PLAN IDEAS
CHAPTER 10: TOP TOOLS AND APPS FOR TEACHERS
CHAPTER 11: HOW TO CREATE A WISH LIST FOR YOUR CLASS, SCHOOL OR CLUB
CHAPTER 12: KNOW YOUR DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES FOR EACH AGE GROUP
CONCLUSION
RESOURCES
FURTHER READING
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About the Authors
Cindy L Arthur is an elementary and middle school teacher. She is the author of the educational series, “Liam the Piglet.”
Siobhan McNally has worked as a middle and high school teacher. She has also taught college-level courses in English and taught and mentored trainee teachers. She is the author of a number of literature study guides.
