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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 | |