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10 Survival Tips for New Teachers
Are you new to teaching or know someone who is just beginning on this journey? If so, these 10 Survival Tips are a must have for staying afloat the first couple years.
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"The No Child Left Behind Act has taken all the fun out of teaching" is just a BIG EXCUSE!
The No Child Left Behind Act has made a huge impact on educational reform in the United States in the past five years. As with any legislated directive, there are many challenges and people opposed to what is being required in America's educational system. As a result, a very overused myth has occured--that this legislation has taken all the fun and creativity out of teaching. As a determined educator, you will be challenged to move beyond and away from the myth to consider some simple and effective action steps for self improvement.
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Student Taught Life Lessons: A Teacher's Memoir
Some of the most valuable lessons learned along the way are the unexpected ones--in this case from a 1st grade student. This is a teacher's story of a small boy who couldn't follow the rules in school because he was too busy trying to remember the capital of Costa Rica.
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Book Review: Results Now by Mike Schmoker
Author Mike Schmoker followed up his two other "Results" books with the best and most motivating yet.
This book pleads with educators and administrators to assist in the immediate transformation of American schools. He describes in detail the "buffers" that American schools have created which have led to the illusion that a high percentage of American schools are actually effective (which he points out in detail, actually are not).
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Customized Consulting
Consulting is a service provided to literacy departments, specific staff members, leadership teams, literacy coaches and schools. The goal of consulting is to help provide clients with expertise in a target area. This target area may include program design, evaluation, and restructuring; or, more specifically, working with specific staff on improving effectiveness of instruction. Literacy coaches and mentors can benefit from consulting by having a coach themselves to help troubleshoot the challenges that often accompany the job.
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Coaching for Educators
Coaching is an hourly service provided on a day and time that works best for you. This opportunity is for those educators who truly desire a change in current practices to even more effective and researched strategies and practices. If you are at a point in your career where you have determined it is time to make a change, then you are ready for coaching and the support it will provide for you.
The cost is per month and provides biweekly conferences between you and I.
FOR NEW CUSTOMERS, TO ENSURE YOU THAT YOU WILL BE 100% SATISFIED WITH YOUR COACHING SERVICE, EMAIL ME NOW TO SET UP YOUR COACHING TIME AND I WILL GIVE YOU YOUR FIRST SESSION, FREE.
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Reader's Response Trait Rubric
This document was created to facilitate the reciprocity between reading and writing. Based on the scoring rubrics for the Nevada State Assessment for writing, this reading rubric was created as a support to compliment reading instruction. The document is based on a 5 point scale just as the state writing rubrics are. The following rubrics are included as a Response to Reading: VOICE, ORGANIZATION, CONTENT and IDEAS.
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Coping with Change Article
As an educator, are you showing the signs of fear and resistance to change? You might identify with many of the signs of fear. Or do you look change in the face and run with it? You may identify more with using change to be productive.
After reading this article, you may be challenged to up your level of comfort with idea of change. Suggestions for how to do this are offered and encouraged.
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