San Antonio College Library

What every special education teacher needs to know to survive and thrive The Beginning Special Educator's Survival Guide provides relevant, practical information for new special education teachers across a broad range of topic areas. Drawing on the latest research on special educator effectiveness and retention, this comprehensive, go-to resource addresses the most pressing needs of novice instructors, resource teachers, and inclusion specialists....

Every year the United States hires 250,000 new teachers. On September 7, five teachers will begin their new journey. These five young teachers fight the real fight: educating our children, one child at a time. Shows the human side of the story, revealing all the determination and commitment it takes to survive in America's toughest school systems.

"Even the best, most accomplished teachers make (sometimes big) mistakes. But as the experts and authority figures in their classrooms, teachers face myriad pressures to have all the answers and, in some cases, to work miracles. This book brings together first-hand stories from classrooms across the globe of hard-won lessons stemming from teachers' mistakes and failures both small and colossal to show how becoming expert actually necessitates failure....

Mentoring expert Susan Villani offers a number of ways in which schools, teacher associations, institutions of higher education, educational collaboratives, and state departments of education can support teachers with the right mentoring program at the right time. Topics include: inducting new teachers; continuing program design; district-funded programs; peer assistance and review programs ; state-funded programs ; grant- and alternative-funded programs....

"If you're on your way to becoming a high school teacher, this book is for you. First Time in the High School Classroom will answer all of your questions, from "How do I start planning the curriculum?" to How do I manage the classroom?" Ten of the best teaching methods are discussed in detail, providing guidance on effective presentations, valuable visual aids, and student talk and thought. The book also includes practical tips on group work and teaching...

"This book includes sections on how to find and prepare for a job, what to do and say on your first day, and how to handle various discipline situations that could arise the first year. Any prospective teacher who reads this book will reap immediate benefits. Whether during your job search, planning stage, first day in the classroom, or first year as a whole, Kitchen offers practical, humorous, and motivational advice that new teachers can use to...

500 top college graduates become teachers and confront the crisis in our schools; the story of the Teach for America project.

The authors present a synthesis of current educational research & extend its application to in-service settings. Strategies are organised into convenient categories that include developing teaching styles, time management strategies, classroom management policies, working with educational technologies, & more.

One of the most comprehensive introductions to teaching available, this book provides essential knowledge and skills for becoming an exceptional teacher at any level.