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PublisherHeinemann

ISBN-100325009236

ISBN-139780325009230

eBay Product ID (ePID)48680555

Product Key Features

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Number of Pages208 Pages

Publication NameLetters to a New Teacher : a Month-By-Month Guide to the Year Ahead

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

SubjectProfessional Development, Teaching Methods & Materials / General

TypeStudy Guide

AuthorJim Burke, Joy Krajicek

Subject AreaEducation

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight10.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN2005-027449

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromSixth Grade

IllustratedYes

Grade ToTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal371.1

Table Of ContentFall Semester August 1. Managing a class of thirty-five. 2. Creating a teaching unit. September 3. Handling the pressure. Interlude 1: A Difficult Student 4. Challenging all students, and meeting their challenges. 5. Knowing that you make a difference. October 6. Approaches to teaching writing. Interlude 2: Getting Discouraged 7. Engaging students, and competing for their attention. November 8. Poetry for teachers and students. Interlude 3: Substitute Teachers 9. What works and why? 10. Different types of teacher personalities. 11. Professional reading. December 12. Harnessing self-doubt. Spring Semester January 13. Learning the most from each semester's experiences. 14. Managing your time. February Interlude 4: Working to Improve. 15. The teacher's power. Interlude 5: Sexual Abuse 16. Boundaries. March 17. The teacher's role during a classroom crisis. 18. Student suicide. 19. Teacher/parent relationships. Interlude 6: Juggling the Demands of Teaching and Living 20. Open House. April Interlude 7: Applying for a New Teaching Job Interlude 8: Testing Season 21. End-of-year challenges and expectations. May 22. Doing it all, especially with a family June Dear Joy: A Final Letter Dear Jim: A Final Letter Notes Appendices Classroom Management Action Planner The Four Cs of Academic Success

Synopsis"Joy's questions and Jim's responses evoke in us an appreciation for what it means to do the work called teaching with the "living intensity of soul." May such soulful teaching flourish among us: here is a book that can help it be so." - Parker Palmer and Sam IntratorEvery new teacher needs a mentor, someone smart, experienced, compassionate, and reliable to give advice, share strategies, and lend a supportive ear. What if every new English teacher could have one the nation's most-recognized master teachers as their mentor? Now they can."Letters to a New Teacher" is the chance of a professional lifetime, an opportunity to read the letters and emails Jim Burke exchanged with novice teacher Joy Krajicek - letters in which Jim opens his practice, his mind, and his heart to guide Joy through her first year in the classroom. Jim fields the whole gamut of questions - from typical classroom-management matters to challenging instructional situations to sensitive topics like the boundaries of studentteacher relationships. His answers open the classroom experience up for novices to understand how to organize their space and time, how to plan instruction yet maintain flexibility, how to communicate effectively with the two-hundred personalities they encounter each day, and how to maintain professionalism under pressure. As gentle, humorous, and supportive as they are practical, Jim's responses to Joy's questions are immediately useful and are presented in chronological order. From August through June, you'll watch as her questions become increasingly complex and see how Jim's answers build upon one another to create a considered, consistent, and disciplined way of thinking about theteaching of English.Start a your career the right way. Read "Letters to a New Teacher" and put the thoughts of a master mentor to work in your classroom. Or give "Letters to a New Teacher" to a novice so they can discover a wellspring of ideas, a source for emotional sustenance, and a buoy for their spirits during difficult moments., Joy's questions and Jim's responses evoke in us an appreciation for what it means to do the work called teaching with the living intensity of soul. May such soulful teaching flourish among us: here is a book that can help it be so. Parker Palmer and Sam Intrator Every new teacher needs a mentor, someone smart, experienced, compassionate, and reliable to give advice, share strategies, and lend a supportive ear. What if every new English teacher could have one the nation's most-recognized master teachers as their mentor? Now they can. Letters to a New Teacher is the chance of a professional lifetime, an opportunity to read the letters and emails Jim Burke exchanged with novice teacher Joy Krajicekletters in which Jim opens his practice, his mind, and his heart to guide Joy through her first year in the classroom. Jim fields the whole gamut of questionsfrom typical classroom-management matters to challenging instructional situations to sensitive topics like the boundaries of student-teacher relationships. His answers open the classroom experience up for novices to understand how to organize their space and time, how to plan instruction yet maintain flexibility, how to communicate effectively with the two-hundred personalities they encounter each day, and how to maintain professionalism under pressure. As gentle, humorous, and supportive as they are practical, Jim's responses to Joy's questions are immediately useful and are presented in chronological order. From August through June, you'll watch as her questions become increasingly complex and see how Jim's answers build upon one another to create a considered, consistent, and disciplined way of thinking about the teaching of English. Start a your career the right way. Read Letters to a New Teacher and put the thoughts of a master mentor to work in your classroom. Or give Letters to a New Teacher to a novice so they can discover a wellspring of ideas, a source for emotional sustenance, and a buoy for their spirits during difficult moments., Joy's questions and Jim's responses evoke in us an appreciation for what it means to do the work called teaching with the "living intensity of soul." May such soulful teaching flourish among us: here is a book that can help it be so. - Parker Palmer and Sam Intrator Every new teacher needs a mentor, someone smart, experienced, compassionate, and reliable to give advice, share strategies, and lend a supportive ear. What if every new English teacher could have one the nation's most-recognized master teachers as their mentor? Now they can. Letters to a New Teacher is the chance of a professional lifetime, an opportunity to read the letters and emails Jim Burke exchanged with novice teacher Joy Krajicek - letters in which Jim opens his practice, his mind, and his heart to guide Joy through her first year in the classroom. Jim fields the whole gamut of questions - from typical classroom-management matters to challenging instructional situations to sensitive topics like the boundaries of student-teacher relationships. His answers open the classroom experience up for novices to understand how to organize their space and time, how to plan instruction yet maintain flexibility, how to communicate effectively with the two-hundred personalities they encounter each day, and how to maintain professionalism under pressure. As gentle, humorous, and supportive as they are practical, Jim's responses to Joy's questions are immediately useful and are presented in chronological order. From August through June, you'll watch as her questions become increasingly complex and see how Jim's answers build upon one another to create a considered, consistent, and disciplined way of thinking about the teaching of English. Start a your career the right way. Read Letters to a New Teacher and put the thoughts of a master mentor to work in your classroom. Or give Letters to a New Teacher to a novice so they can discover a wellspring of ideas, a source for emotional sustenance, and a buoy for their spirits during difficult moments.

LC Classification NumberLB2844.1.N4B87 2006