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Prologue | |
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Accommodating Student Differences: Recognizing and Working with Specific Learners | |
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Attaining Credibility with Students: Teacher Attitude and Modeling Behaviors | |
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Beyond Teaching: A Teacher Is Interesting Because the Teacher Has a Life Outside of School | |
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Colleagues, Administrators, and Support Staff: Your Professional Network | |
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Curriculum Matters and Concerns | |
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Decision-Making and Locus of Control: No One Knowledgeable Ever Said That Good Teaching Is Easy, But It Is Fun and Intrinsically Rewarding | |
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Differentiating the Instruction: Ensuring that No Child Is Left Behind | |
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Discipline: Fear of Losing Classroom Control Is a Major Concern of Many Beginning Teachers | |
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Equality in the Classroom: Ensuring a Psychologically Safe and Supportive Learning Environment | |
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Field Trip: Planning for SuccessFirst Day: Your One Opportunity to Make An Initial Impression | |
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Guest Speaker: Making It a Successful Learning Experience | |
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High Energy Days and the Disruption of Routine: Kids Are Human, Too High | |
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Stakes Testing: Checking ThatNo Student is LeftBehind | |
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Internet: Valuable Resource for Enhancing Teaching and Student Learning | |
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Job Satisfaction: A Two-Way Street | |
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Makeup Work: Be Firm But Understanding | |
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Media: If Anything Can Go Wrong, It Probably Will! | |
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Memorizing: Sometimes It's Necessary | |
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Motivational Ideas: Build Your Repertoire | |
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PaperWork: How to Avoid Becoming Buried Under Mounds of It Parent and Guardian | |
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Contacts and Involvement: Leaving No Parent Guardian Behind | |
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Politics at School: Best to Avoid | |
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Professional Organizations: Join One Protecting | |
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Students and Yourself: Liability, Safety, and Security Matters | |
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Records: Organization is Important to Success | |
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Reliability: A Good Teacher Is a Dependable Person | |
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Salary: Not Great But Regular | |
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Sense of Humor, an Intelligent Behavior: Please Smile and Do So Long Before Christmas | |
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Student Achievement: The Extremely Important and Time-Intensive Responsibilities of Assessing, Grading, and Reporting | |
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Student Learning: When Children Do Not Learn the Way We Teach Them, Then We Must Teach Them the Way They Learn | |
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Subject Knowledge: Fountainhead of Information or an Educational Broker? | |
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Supplies and Textbooks: Seldom Ideal, Sometimes Inadequate | |
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Teachable Moments: Be Ready to Recognize, to Catch and to Run with Them | |
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Teacher's Lounge: Enter with Caution | |
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Total School: Enter with Enthusiasm | |
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Transitions During Lessons: A Difficult Skill to Master | |
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Your Place of Work: Please Show Pride in ItYour First Observation by the Principal | |
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Your Professional Portfolioand Personal Records of Your Work | |
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Epilogue | |
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References and Recommended Readings | |
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Glossary | |
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Name and Subject Index | |