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| Introduction | |
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| About This Book | |
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| Conventions Used in This Book | |
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| Foolish Assumptions | |
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| What You Won't Find in This Book | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Icons Used in This Book | |
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| Where to Go from Here | |
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| What They Didn't Teach You in College | |
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| What Have You Gotten Yourself Into? | |
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| Real World versus School World | |
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| Bearing the Instructor's Burden | |
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| You're the Adult Now! | |
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| Facing the Daily Grind | |
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| Dealing with Society's Nutty Notions about Teaching | |
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| "Those Who Can, Do; Those Who Can't, Teach" | |
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| Establishing Your Competence | |
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| Looking Inside Those "Educational Studies" | |
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| Forgetting Those Education Classes | |
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| How Things Have Changed in the Classroom | |
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| Changes for the Better | |
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| Changes for the Worse | |
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| What's With These Kids Today? | |
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| Managing Your Classroom | |
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| Finding Your Way Around | |
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| Topping Your To-Do List: Read the Rule Book | |
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| Establishing Your Rules | |
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| Getting Your Bearings | |
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| Mapping Out Important Locations | |
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| Setting Up Your Classroom | |
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| Building Blue-Ribbon Bulletin Boards | |
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| Choosing a Seating Arrangement | |
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| Establishing an Inviting Classroom | |
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| Staying Afloat If You're a Floater | |
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| The First Day of School | |
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| Making That Important First Impression | |
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| Don't Smile until December? | |
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| Identifying Important First-Day Tasks | |
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| Dressing Appropriately | |
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| Keeping Your Kids Under Control | |
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| Understanding What the Front Office Expects from You | |
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| Motivating Students | |
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| Facing Bad Behavior Head On | |
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| Recognizing Ineffective Models of Confrontation | |
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| Getting Discipline Right | |
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| Picking Your Fights | |
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| Making the Punishment Fit the Crime | |
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| Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie | |
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| Taking Things Personally | |
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| Passing the Problem (Child) to the Principal: When and How | |
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| Avoiding Sexual Harassment | |
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| Uncovering Sexual Harassment Shockers | |
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| Avoiding the Appearance of Evil | |
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| Delivering Instruction | |
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| Finding Your Style | |
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| Creating Lesson Plans | |
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| Honing Your Performance | |
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| Delivering Multicultural Instruction | |
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| Making Learning Fun | |
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| Teaching with Class Games | |
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| Adding the Little Things | |
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| Managing Assessment | |
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| Establishing a Grading System | |
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| Mastering the Tricks of the Trade | |
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| Meet the Supporting Cast | |
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| Getting to Know Your Administrators | |
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| A Field Guide to Administrators | |
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| Dealing with Dueling Bosses | |
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| Overcoming Observations | |
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| Getting to Know Your Co-Workers | |
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| A Field Guide to Co-Workers | |
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| Paying Your Dues | |
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| Understanding Staff Members | |
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| Facing the Facts If You're Floating | |
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| Getting to Know Parents | |
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| A Field Guide to Parents | |
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| Phoning Home | |
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| Surviving Parent Conferences | |
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| Getting to Know Students | |
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| Teaching Different Academic Levels | |
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| A Field Guide to Students | |
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| Figuring Out What Kids Want | |
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| Duties Other than Teaching | |
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| Implicit and Explicit Duties | |
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| Doing Your Duty | |
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| The Joys of Sponsorship | |
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| Life after School | |
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| Developing Professionally | |
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| Navigating the Sea of Paperwork | |
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| Hiking the Daily Paper Trail | |
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| Record-Keeping Responsibly | |
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| Scripting Scintillating Substitute Plans | |
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| Health and First-Aid Issues | |
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| Classifying Childhood Conditions | |
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| Identifying Important Health Concerns | |
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| Handling Injuries and Emergencies | |
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| The Part of Tens | |
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| Ten Things That Always Happen to Rookie Teachers | |
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| You'll Have Problems Pacing Yourself | |
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| A Harmless Comment You Make Will Be Misinterpreted | |
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| Chalk Dust Will Cause You to Despair | |
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| You Will Fall Prey to Gravity | |
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| An Administrator Will Infuriate You | |
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| You'll Find Out What the Kids Really Think of You | |
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| A Parent Will Complain about You | |
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| Something Completely Unexpected Will Happen | |
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| You'll Receive Unexpected Praise | |
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| A Student Will Greet You in Public | |
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| The Ten Biggest Rookie Blunders | |
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| Becoming Too Friendly Too Early | |
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| Teaching for the Wrong Reasons | |
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| Coming to School Unprepared | |
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| Refusing to Back Down When You're Wrong | |
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| Reacting before You Stop to Think | |
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| Neglecting to Look in the Mirror | |
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| Disassociating from Your Colleagues | |
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| Acting Like Your Kids | |
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| Not Practicing What You Preach | |
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| Forgetting That Kids Are Just Kids | |
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| Ten Ways to Use Technology in Your Classroom | |
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| Figure Out the Basics of Web Design | |
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| Post Information for Students and Parents | |
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| Display Pictures of Class Activities | |
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| Teach Using WebQuests | |
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| Give Online Assignments | |
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| Create an Archive of Content | |
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| Collect Links Related to Class Topics | |
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| Liven Up Lectures with PowerPoint | |
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| Unleash Creativity with Kid Pix | |
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| When All Else Fails, Project! | |
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| Ten Great World Wide Web Resources for Rookie Teachers | |
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| Discovering Discovery-Channel Style | |
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| PBS: Meeting Your Standards | |
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| Calling the Rookie Teacher Emergency Hotline | |
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| Chatting with Other Rookies | |
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| Creating a Pain-Free (And Cost-Free) Web Site | |
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| Creating a Web Site, The Sequel | |
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| Snagging a Plagiarist | |
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| Breaking the Ice | |
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| Getting the Advice You Need | |
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| Perusing a Smorgasbord of Teacher Stuff | |
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| Index | |