TY - BOOK AU - Kellough,Richard D. AU - Kellough,Richard D. TI - Your first year of teaching: guidelines for success T2 - Student enrichment series SN - 0136130461 (pbk.) U1 - 371.102 PY - 2008/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall KW - First year teachers KW - United States KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Teacher orientation KW - Effective teaching N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-99) and index; Prologue. - Accommodating Student Differences: Recognizing and Working with Specific Learners. - Attaining Credibility with Students: Teacher Attitude and Modeling Behaviors. - Beyond Teaching: A Teacher Is Interesting Because the Teacher Has a Life Outside School. - Colleagues, Administrators, and Support Staff: Your Professional Network. - Curriculum Matters and Concerns. - Decision Making and Locus of Control: No One Knowledgeable Ever Said That Good Teaching Is Easy, but It Is Fun and Intrinsically Rewarding. - Differentiating the Instruction: Ensuring That No Child Is Left Behind. - Discipline: Fear of Losing Classroom Control Is a Major Concern of Many Beginning Teachers. - Equality in the Classroom: Ensuring a Psychologically Safe and Supportive Learning Environment. - Field Trip: Planning for Success. - First Day: Your One Opportunity to Make an Initial Impression. - Guest Speaker: Making It a Successful Learning Experience. - High-Energy Days and the Disruption of Routine: Kids Are Human, Too. - High-Stakes Testing: Checking That No Student Is Left Behind. - Internet: Valuable Resource to Enhance Teaching and Student Learning. - Job Satisfaction: A Two-Way Street. - Makeup Work: Be Firm but Understanding. - Media: If Anything Can Go Wrong, It Probably Will. - Memorizing: Sometimes It's Necessary. - Motivational Ideas: Build Your Repertoire. - Paperwork: How to Avoid Becoming Buried Under Mounds of It. - Parent and Guardian Contacts and Involvement: Leave No Parent/Guardian Behind. - Politics at School: Best to Avoid. - Professional Organizations: Join One. - Protecting Students and Yourself: Liability, Safety, and Security Matters. - Records: Organization Is Important to Success. - Reliability: A Good Teacher Is a Dependable Person. - Salary: Not Great but Regular. - Sense of Humor, an Intelligent Behavior: Please Smile and Do So Long Before Christmas. - Student Achievement: The Important and Time-Intensive Responsibilities of Assessing, Grading, and Reporting. - Student Learning: When Students Do Not Learn the Way We Teach Them, Then We Must Teach Them the Way They Learn. - Subject Knowledge: Fountainhead of Information or an Educational Broker? - Supplies and Textbooks: Seldom Ideal, Sometimes Woefully Inadequate. - Teachable Moments: Be Ready to Recognize, Catch, and Run with Them. - Transitions During Lessons: A Difficult Skill to Master. - Your Place of Work: Show Pride in It. - Your First Observation by the Principal. - Your Professional Portfolio Plus Personal Records of Your Work. - EPILOGUE. - REFERENCES AND RECOMMMENDED READINGS. - GLOSSARY. - NAME AND SUBJECT INDE ER -