About the Book
Make your first year teaching a success!
As a new teacher, you can be completely overwhelmed--feeling lost and not knowing where to start when you receive the keys for the first time. The Organized Teacher's Guide to Your First Year of Teaching will be your guide during these first few days and weeks and put you on the road to success.
Featuring a series of lists, checklists, charts and diagrams, this handbook can be read quickly and referred to over and over. It includes a CD-ROM of all checklists and any matter that is reproducible.The CD-ROM will have an additional 50 pages of printable content not found in the book. These extra forms will be referred to in context, with thumbnails to show you how to use them to your best advantage.
An all-in-one resource and checklist for grades K-6, in any subject. Reproducible pages (also contained on a CD-ROM) ready for you to use, including charts, diagrams and guidelines for organizing a new classroom.Helping you thrive in your first year and beyondEasy-to-understand, accessibleLow priced to fit your budget
Table of Contents:
North-Focal Point (front of classroom-board, calendar, etc)
Beginning of the Year Checklists
First Month of Teaching (Back-to-School, Faculty meetings, emergency procedures, etc)
Professional Tips (Testing, Credential Renewal, Salary Points)
Sharing Personal Information about Oneself
Chalkboard/Whiteboard (maps, screen, overhead projector, ELMO)
Calendar as a Teaching Tool
Uses for the Rug/Common Area
Bulletins-First Day Welcome Letter, Homework Assignments
Attention Getters and What They Mean
Standards and Curriculum Guides/Teacher Edition
Top Ten Tips for Parents
The Door-Entry and Exit Procedures, Preparing for Field Trips
Note on Door Telling People Where the Students Be Found (recess, Lunch, Computer Lab, Library)South-Teacher's Space (back of classroom- teacher's desk and a computer)
"Who to Know and Where to Go" on Campus
Anatomy of a New Teacher
School Protocol Do's and Don'ts
Preparing for a Stull/Formal Evaluation by an Administrator
Lesson Plans-Step-by-Step, Weekly, Monthly, Them/Unit (examples and templates)
Grade Book
10 New Teacher Reminders
Beginning Teacher Portfolio-What To Keep
File Cabinets
School Culture/Conduct
First five years (Discipline, Curriculum, Creativity, Professional Stance)
Acronym Page/Cheat Sheet
Curriculum Advice (Title 1, Title 7)
"In Case You’re Out" (Substitute Teacher Preparation Page)
Bilingual Overview-10 Tips
Pep Talk
East-Student Space (side of classroom-library, centers, bulletin board)
Library-Set-Up (Bibliography-top ten authors and top three-five books for each grade level)
Bulletin Boards (samples)-Hanging Paper and/or Material, Necessary Bulletin Board Elements, Keeping them Current and Representative of Student Work
Setting-Up Classroom Walls (multiplication facts, word wall, art porjects)
Sample Centers- (Publishing Center, Clay Table)
Computer Center Including Useful Student and Teacher Websites (star fall.com, Tumblebooks.com, icdlbooks.org, etc…)
Problem Solving Skills for Students
West-Student and Teacher Space (closet, small group table, sink)
Organizing Student and Supply Closets
Organizing Sink Space
Small Group Instruction-Strategies and Grouping Techniques
Student Portfolios-Students best work for curricular areas
List of Top 5-10 Incentives and Motivators
Classroom Fillers- Games (Around the World, I-Spy, Sponge Activities-Top Ten)
Arial View-Looking Down from Above (student desks/needs)
Classroom Design/Students Desks/Set-Up
Parents Reminders (Homework Protocol and Expectations)
Behavior Management Ideas and Charts
Top Ten Ways to Communicate Effectively (Parents, Grade Level Team Members, Administrators), Body Language, Positive Discourse, Ask Questions
Student Name/Number-Emergency Contacts
Sample Record Page (Cumulative Folders- Report Card, Retention Requests, ELD Level, Test Scores, 504 Plan, IEP's)
How to Assign Homework and Homework Chart for Tracking Assignments
Use of Aide or Volunteers
Test Taking Preparation and Strategies
Organizing Students in Line
About the Author :
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide.
Steve Springer has taught and developed training programs for the Los Angeles Unified School District for over 15 years. He has been a mentor and master teacher throughout his career. He has used this experience along with his talents in fine arts to write and illustrate several books for teachers. The Organized Teacher and The Creative Teacher, published by McGraw-Hill, are two of these books that offer visual hands-on guides to organizing and creating a dynamic classroom.
Steve recently started a program called Reach and Teach. His vision was to share his teaching experience with other teachers. Over sixty teachers were in-serviced in South Africa. They left empowered to create a more exciting, interactive classroom. Each participant received a McGraw-Hill resource book and a set of supplies. The program was well received and he plans to continue his involvement.
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide
