Classroom Advice For New Teachers

This book offers new teachers a proactive approach to the entire spectrum of the profession, from making the decision to become a teacher, through applying, interviewing, setting up a classroom, accessing curriculum, creating lesson plans and a gradebook, presenting material effectively, creating a positive learning environment based on empathy and respect, connecting with students, colleagues, administrators, and parents, preventing cheating and bullying, maintaining order, and using educational technology, all the way to avoiding late-career burnout.

This is a solutions book that shows how to organize and structure a classroom to create a safe and positive environment for student learning and achievement to take place. It offers 50 classroom procedures that can be applied, changed, adapted, into classroom routines for any classroom management plan at any grade level. Each procedure is presented with a consistent format that breaks it down and tells how to teach it and what the outcome of teaching it will be. While all of the work and preparation behind a well-managed classroom are rarely observed, the dividends are evident in a classroom that is less stressful for all and one that hums with learning. The information is supplemented with 40 QR Codes that take the learning beyond the basic text. As the companion book to THE First Days of School, it takes one of the three characteristics of an effective teacher, being an extremely good classroom manager, and shows how to put it into practice in the classroom. It will show you how to manage your classroom step by step. THE Classroom Management Book will help you prevent classroom discipline problems and help you create an atmosphere where everyone knows what to do--even when you are not in the classroom! 320-page book with Index 50 step-by-step Procedures 40 QR Codes for extended learning

Entering the wonderful world of teaching? Having nightmares about being eaten alive by your class? Terrified of crumbling in front of your pupils? Anxious about applying for your first teaching job? Worried how to teach whilst maintaining your social life? Keen to make the transition into teaching as smooth as possible? Well, 'Top Tips for New Teachers' is the book for you. This book is crammed with content to help accelerate your progression in becoming an excellent teacher. It covers topics from a wide range of areas: behaviour management, pedagogy, professional development, pay, productivity and wellbeing amongst others. Every teacher should have it on their shelf. 'Top Tips for New Teachers' is also a must-have for all those in leadership positions, as a reminder of how to support teachers to make the progress required to become excellent practitioners in their discipline. It will enable your teachers to fast-track their progress and improve outcomes for pupils within your school. Contents Becoming an excellent teacher Managing behaviour The power of routines Pedagogy General advice Career advice no one ever tells you about Pay Personal productivity Personal wellbeing Reviews Mary Myatt - Education adviser and writer. Latest book 'Back on Track.' "Ed Watson's 'Top Tips for New Teachers' is a corker. He quickly disposes of the kinds of activities which might have superficial appeal, but which are easy for pupils to complete and take up much of a teacher's time to prepare. The main culprits are 'showbiz' lessons, card sorts, tarsias, treasure hunts and extensive differentiated tasks. In their place, he articulates very clearly ways of working which are likely to have high impact as well as saving teachers' time. There are valuable insights too, on the most effective ways of using questions in lessons, in drawing on the wisdom of colleagues and on making sure that we use our time wisely. A great aide memoire for all in the profession, not just for new teachers! Jill Berry - Leadership Consultant. Author of 'Making the Leap.' "This concise and highly readable book collates a wide range of practical pointers for teachers at the beginning of their professional journey. From applications and interviews and negotiating your initial contract, through establishing yourself in the classroom and staffroom and beginning to master your craft, to thinking about future career steps, Ed Watson's guidance is firmly based in his own experience and wider reading. 'Top Tips for New Teachers' is concise, balanced and realistic. Training and beginning teachers can be swamped by well-intentioned but potentially overwhelming advice, but this book neatly summarises what these teachers need to know, and should find helpful and reassuring." Sam Strickland, Author of 'Education Exposed' 'Top Tips for New Teachers' is simply top notch. Irrespective of whether you are new to the profession or not this book is jam packed with hints, tips and ideas that you can run with immediately. It will give you endless food for thought and will assist you in dealing with an array of issues that often seem thorny and hard to resolve. A superb read.'

Now in its third edition, this bestseller has remained popular, relevant, and a must-read for new teachers, mentors, administrators, and staff development professionals. Appropriate for individual or collaborative study, this book provides simple, practical solutions to the challenges experienced by both new and veteran teachers, including: • managing the classroom; • handling discipline problems; • dealing with challenging students, coworkers, and parents; • planning lessons effectively and managing time wisely; • accommodating individual differences in students; • getting students excited about learning; • and much, much more. In this new edition, you’ll find advice on incorporating technology into your lessons and using social media to connect with others. You’ll also find new Ask Yourself questions (following each of the 101 Answers) and Chapter Highlights to help you apply the ideas in your own classroom. These resources are available in the book and on our website for easy download. Though written for new teachers, the book's practical, easy-to-implement strategies will appeal to teachers of any grade level, subject area, or level of expertise, as well as to mentors, induction coordinators, or anyone seeking to find answers to classroom challenges and improve teaching skills.

The best-selling First Year Teacher's Survival Kit gives new teachers a wide variety of tested strategies, activities, and tools for creating a positive and dynamic learning environment while meeting the challenges of each school day. Packed with valuable tips, the book helps new teachers with everything from becoming effective team players and connecting with students to handling behavior problems and working within diverse classrooms. The new edition is fully revised and updated to cover changes in the K-12 classroom over the past five years. Updates to the second edition include: • New ways teachers can meet the professional development requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act • Entirely new section on helping struggling readers, to address the declining literacy rate among today’s students • Expanded coverage of helpful technology solutions for the classroom • Expanded information on teaching English Language Learners • Greater coverage of the issues/challenges facing elementary teachers • More emphasis on how to reach and teach students of poverty • Updated study techniques that have proven successful with at-risk students • Tips on working effectively within a non-traditional school year schedule • The latest strategies for using graphic organizers • More emphasis on setting goals to help students to succeed • More information on intervening with students who are capable but choose not to work • Updated information on teachers’ rights and responsibilities regarding discipline issues • Fully revised Resources appendix including the latest educational Web sites and software

Good behaviour is the beginning of great learning. All children deserve classrooms that are calm, safe spaces where everyone is treated with dignity. Creating that space is one of the most important things a teacher needs to be able to do. But all too often teachers begin their careers with the bare minimum of training – or worse, none. How students behave, socially and academically, dictates whether or not they will succeed or struggle in school. Every child comes to the classroom with different skills, habits, values and expectations of what to do. There’s no point just telling a child to behave; behaviour must be taught. Behaviour is a curriculum. This simple truth is the beginning of creating a classroom culture where everyone flourishes, pupils and staff. Running the Room is the teacher’s guide to behaviour. Practical, evidence informed, and based on the expertise of great teachers from around the world, it addresses the things teachers really need to know to build the classrooms children need. Bursting with strategies, tips and solid advice, it brings together the best of what we know and saves teachers, new or old, from reinventing the wheels of the classroom. It’s the book teachers have been waiting for.

This practical, hands-on guidebook offers support for your first years in the classroom by presenting strategies to overcome ten common challenges. Expertly curated by experienced educators, this book delivers quick access to timely advice, applicable across a range of educational settings. With contributions from National Board-Certified Teachers, National Teachers of the Year, and other educators involved in robust induction and mentoring programs, The New Teacher’s Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges provides: Wise and practical tips from accomplished veterans and successful new teachers from across rural, suburban, and urban settings; Web access to an online teacher community and customizable resources created by the book’s authors that can be quickly downloaded for immediate use in the classroom; Newly commissioned material that addresses the shift to remote learning brought about by the world pandemic. Accessible and stimulating, this book is designed for a wide range of users, including PK-12 school districts who offer new teacher induction programming, traditional and alternative teacher preparation programs and teacher cadet programs, and individual in-service teachers. Don’t face the challenges alone—learn from those who have been there!

Updated: The 2nd edition of this bestselling title features brand new strategies plus illustrations! Make sure your new teachers are ready for the realities of the classroom. Be confident that their mentors are focused and effective. Organized so new teachers can read it by themselves, this book can also be studied collaboratively with veteran teachers who have been selected to mentor them. Addressing the questions and struggles of all new teachers - with simple solutions - this book:Generates instant impact on teacher effectiveness Promotes communication between new teachers and their mentors Offers strategies for any teacher looking to become more effective