TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Matthew
TI  - Finding success the first year: a survivor's guide for new teachers 
SN  - 9781607097327 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - LB2844.1.N4 J64 2010
U1  - 371.1 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Education
KW  - First year teachers
KW  - Professional relationships
KW  - In-service training
KW  - Mentoring in education
KW  - Teachers
KW  - Training of
N1  - Unit 1. The secret weapons.  Enthusiasm ; Setting the right tone ; Respect ; The power of positivity -- Unit 2. Who are your students?  Teaching common sense ; Students are fragile ; Teaching is a game of inches -- Unit 3. Relating to your students.  Keeping lessons clear ; How to get the most from your students ; Student accountability, or you can lead a horse to water ... ; How to design a foolproof lesson ; How to deliver a foolproof lesson -- Unit 4. Managing your students.  Idle threats and consequence scales ; Using your voice and body as teaching tools ; How to respond to unwanted behavior ; Trouble is complex -- Unit 5. Building your classroom foundation.  Setting the ground rules ; Physically setting up your classroom ; Classroom rituals -- Unit 6. The tools of the trade.  Lectures ; Discussions ; Group work -- Unit 7. Cheat sheets.  How to respond to a question you don't have an answer for ; A student cheats ; When bad things happen in good classrooms ; Pressing the reset button on the classroom -- Unit 8. The tasks.  Dealing with parents ; Teaching to everyone -- Unit 9. The traps.  Just say no: The pitches ; The urge to be groovy ; Friendly fire -- Unit 10. The tricks.  The advantages of being a new teacher ; The role of emotion in the classroom ; The use of technology ; Becoming an organizational champion -- A final word
ER  -