Training Manual For What Every Teacher Should Know

Designed to help trainers navigate teachers through a complete cycle of 10 training sessions, this dynamic guide is a must for professional staff developers!

Exploring brain-compatible teaching strategies, six signs of bias to avoid, and how culture affects learning styles, this rich collection of materials provides a root cause analysis of why so many students are failing in America's public schools (Mary Reeve, Director, Services for Exceptional Students).

The Happy Teacher: 11 Rs Every Teacher Should Know training manual is a powerful and empowering toolkit of strategies that puts the joy back into teaching and learning, while helping teachers anywhere in the world meet learning standards. The Happy Teacher/11 Rs Every Teacher Should Know will inspire a classroom revolution, where: The boy who never smiled would start smiling And the girl who never wrote would start writing And the boy who never read would start reading And the boy who always cursed would stop cursing And the girl who always fought would stop fighting And the boy who talked too much would stop talking - too much And the girl who used to hide would stop hiding And the boy who used to lie would stop lying And the girl who hated words would start liking them (and loving you) And the girl who used to always say no would start saying yes And the boy who couldn't write a complete sentence would write complete sentences And the children who could write but refused would one day write a book And the boy who wasn't in your class would come to your class because of the *buzz *about your class And the boy who barely knew the alphabet would learn to read well enough to ace tests And the girl who was always angry would become mostly happy And the boy who was depressed would start (moon) walking on sunshine And the girl who was always mad would make peace with her world And the boy who didn't believe in himself would express faith in himself And the girl who was always feisty would show her vulnerable side (and thank you) And the boy who didn't like to read would love listening to himself - read And the girl who was always scared would no longer be afraid And the boy who was at the bottom academically would rise to the top And the girl who never moved would one day rise from her chair and dance (to the music only she could hear -- and all of her peers would clap for her) And all of these marvelous things with children would happen because you had the courage to say yes when everyone else was saying no, to express faith when everyone else had stopped believing, to think about what could be when everyone else was thinking about what had been, and because you have watched from afar the start of many revolutions and now you know you can't rest...until you start your own.

Improve achievement in diverse classrooms with a six-part framework to help learners become motivated, create connections from prior knowledge, and acquire procedural and declarative knowledge.

Acknowledgements Section 1. Foundations 3 Chapter 1. Introduction: How to Use this Manual.. ................... Chapter 2. How Do We Understand Difference?. ...................... 17 Section 2. Dimensions of Difference: Culture, Socioeconomic Status, Race, Ethnicity, Language, and Parental Partnership 29 Chapter 3. Cultural Values and Worldview.. ............................ Chapter 4. Socioeconomic Status.. ....................................... 4 1 ............................................ 5 1 Chapter 5. Race and Ethnicity.. Chapter 6. Language in the Classroom.. .................................. 67 Chapter 7. Working with Diverse Families: Parental Partnership in Education.. ........................................ 8 1 viii Table of Contents Section 3 . Dimensions of Difference: Gender Chapter 8 . Gender ............................................................ Chapter 9 . Sexual Orientation and Youth ................................. Section 4 . Other Challenges to Diversity Chapter 10 . Bullying in Schools ............................................. Chapter 1 1 . Creating Community through Classroom Management .. Chapter 12 . Child Abuse and Resilience .................................. Section 5 . Understanding Exceptional Microcultures Chapter 13 . Exceptional Microcultures: Dealing with Trauma ...... Chapter 14 . Exceptional Microcultures: Youth with Emotional Disturbance- Childhood Depression. Eating Disorders .................. Chapter 15 . Exceptional Microcultures: How to Make a Referral .. Section 6 . Conclusion Chapter 16 . Conclusion: The Multicultural Educator .................. Selected Bibliography ...................................................... Glossary of Terms ........................................................... Appendix A . Sample Course Syllabus .................................... Appendix B . Educational Intervention Proposal Paper ................. Index ............................................................................ Diversity Training for Classroom Teaching: A Manual for Students and Educators is an excellent guide for preparing responsive teachers, capable of exploring the roots of a wide variety of types of diversity and acting with knowledge and sensitivity to improve student learning and self-efficacy.

This manual for teachers of Discovering courses is designed as a companion piece for the training video titled A Video Workshop for Teachers. Teachers can consult their program coordinator for further information. This manual is divided into two parts: Part 1, "A Video Workshop for Teachers," is a detailed outline of the training video, with plenty of space provided for teachers to record personal reflections as well as insights generated by discussion with the program coordinator and other teachers. Part 2, "Helpful Resources for the Teacher," is a kind of toolbox of useful resources on a wide variety of concerns confronted by the teacher. The contents of part 2 are as follows: Religious Instruction or Faith Formation? The Developmental Characteristics and Needs of Young Adolescents Building Positive Relationships with Young People Effective Group Management Effective Storytelling Using the Scriptures The Teacher as a Witness of Faith Teachers will want to refer to this material again and again for practical guidance in their work with young adolescents.

Embarking on a teaching career is a bit like setting off on an exciting car journey. You've prepared as well as you could, but you have no way of knowing what hazards and pitfalls lie ahead. And when you're on the road on your own, you're going to need more than just a full tank of petrol. Ideal for visual learners, this full-colour handbook uses Highway Code signs to help you navigate life in the classroom. It's easy to dip in and out of, and contains lots of strategies to help establish professionalism and good practice in the classroom.