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Not your typical how-to manual for new teachers, this jargon-free guide offers a wide variety of tools and tactics for getting through every school day with grace and sanity. Covered in glue, glitter, orange juice -- or worse? Make a quick change into the spare set of clothes you keep on hand for just this purpose. Butterflies in your stomach before your first-ever Meet the Teacher Night? Keep your cool by writing the agenda on your board --...
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Teacher's Field Guide is the ultimate burnout prevention and treatment toolkit. It prepares brand new teachers for the reality of the classroom and helps overworked, under appreciated, frustrated veterans regain the sense of purpose and excitement they felt as a new teacher. While most books for teachers are all about curriculum and teaching methods, Teacher's Field Guide is about the "other stuff" that leaves so many teachers feeling drained. It's...
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Anne is finally off to Redmond College! While she's sad to be leaving Marilla and the twins, she's excited to finally become a full-fledged BA, and to embark on new adventures with the other Avonlea folks attending Redmond, a group that includes her friend Gilbert Blythe. At Redmond Anne meets Philippa Gordon, a frivolous but charming girl who pulls Anne into the center of the Redmond social scene. As Anne becomes the object of several boys' affection,...
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In this updated edition of her guide to daily differentiated instruction, Diane Heacox outlines the critical elements for success in today's classrooms. She gives educators evidence-based differentiation strategies and user-friendly tools to optimize teaching, learning, and assessment for all students. New features include an expanded section on grading, information on connections between personalized learning and differentiation, integration...
11) 'Tis: a memoir
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The sequel to Frank McCourt's memoir of his Irish Catholic boyhood, Angela's Ashes, picks up the story in October 1949, upon his arrival in America. Though he was born in New York, the family had returned to Ireland due to poor prospects in the United States. Now back on American soil, this awkward 19-year-old, with his "pimply face, sore eyes, and bad teeth," has little in common with the healthy, self-assured college students he sees on the subway...
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From Marriage and Family Experts Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Dennis and Barbara Rainey have spent decades helping families find biblical help to strengthen and transform family relationships. Through radio broadcasts, conferences, and other events, they have been teaching on the foundations necessary for building godly families. Now they bring insights and expertise gleaned from those years of ministry, as well as from their own personal experience...
14) Meet a teacher!
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"This series introduces readers to the role of teachers in our community"--
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Using personal anecdotes and Biblical teachings, a pastor writes about his work in Las Vegas, maintaining that God's love extends to all people, including those who think of themselves as sinners or unlovable and describing how such love can be transformative.
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An ECPA bestseller! See the Bible come to life before your eyes, as New York Times bestselling author Charles Martin uses his storyteller imagination to present the Bible as a novel, to help you engage with your faith in new ways. Years ago, Charles Martin cracked open his Bible and began wrestling with a few fundamental questions. He asked, "What if every single word of Scripture is absolutely true and I can trust it? How do I respond? Something...
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Learn all the essentials for making your first year of teaching a success! In this exciting new book, internationally renowned educator Todd Whitaker teams up with his daughters--Madeline, an elementary teacher, and Katherine, a secondary teacher--to share advice and inspiration. They offer step-by-step guidance to thriving in your new role and overcoming the challenges that many new teachers face.
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Schools in session! Most teachers not only teach multiple subjects, they often juggle many other responsibilities, including discipline, grading, and the students' favorite-field trips. This volume uses at-level text and photographs to show teachers in action and open young readers' eyes to the rewarding career of teaching and all it entails. Readers will come to appreciate their teachers' many skills and perhaps even be inspired to become a teacher...