Taming the Time Stealers: Tricks of the Trade From Organized Teachers

Being better organized can help any teacher be more effective. How would you like to be more organized, more effective, and in the process, find more time for yourself? Here′s a hands-on guide to managing the multitude of diverse tasks that make up a busy school day. Practical ideas from real classroom teachers help you organize your time and your memory. These "Timestealer Tamers," as the authors call them, will give you the boost you need to maximize your performance. Find out how you can: Tame your administrative paperwork and cut the time you spend on it Streamline handling and storing of your classroom teaching materials Contain nonprint materials in ways that add to your professional classroom atmosphere Identify the "junk" cluttering your classroom and your life and get rid of it Help your students learn to be better organized Use checklists to free yourself from having to remember every tiny detail. Find more time in your schedule and use it to become a more effective teacher. Make sure you can give your students the full value of your teaching abilities.

Table of Contents:
Organizing Your Time and Memory Buried Under Administrative Paperwork? Managing Instructional Print Material Corralling Nonprint Materials `Dejunking′ Taking the Cure Decisions From Simple to Complex Organizing Your Teaching Helping Students Learn to Organize Themselves Teaching Students with Special Needs Working with Parents Requesting Assistance Organizational Strategies for Your Soul

About the Author :
M. C. (Millie) Gore is Hardin Distinguished Professor in the Special Education Program of the Department of Counseling, Kinesiology, and Special Education at the Gordon T. and Ellen West College of Education at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. She is the author or coauthor of several books, including the Corwin title (with John F. Dowd) Taming the Time Stealers: Tricks of the Trade From Organized Teachers. Gore received undergraduate and master’s degrees from Eastern New Mexico University and a doctorate from the University of Arkansas.

Review :
"In an attempt to help their students improve, the authors surveyed well-organized teachers about their "Time Stealer Tamers" to share with the aspiring teachers. Here they share their useful suggestions with a wider audience."