44 Smart Strategies for Avoiding Classroom Mistakes

Preface Introduction Acknowledgments About the Author Section 1: Expect the Unexpected Smart Strategy 1: Those Who Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail Smart Strategy 2: Develop Your Academic Sixth Sense Section 2: The Organized Classroom Smart Strategy 3: Create the Well-Oiled Machine That Runs on Its Own Smart Strategy 4: Harness the Paper Tiger Smart Strategy 5: Design Soul-Stirring Learning Environments Smart Strategy 6: Creative Minds Can Be Tidy Section 3: Become a Friend of the Family Smart Strategy 7: Seek Parents as Partners Smart Strategy 8: Promote Parent Involvement Through Active Interaction Smart Stragegy 9: Use a Sandwich Cookie Model of Parent Conferencing Smart Strategy 10: Make House Calls Section 4: Raise Your Nurturance Index a Notch or Two Smart Strategy 11: Love the Unlovable Child Smart Strategy 12: Seek to Understand All of Your Children Smart Strategy 13: Consider Special Ethnicity and Cultural Issues Smart Strategy 14: Respect and Celebrate Student Differences Smart Strategy 15: Avoid Academic Trauma Smart Strategy 16: Empower the Disempowered Smart Strategy 17: Practice Saying Yes Whenever Possible Section 5: Balance Your Personal Assets and Liabilities Smart Strategy 18: Develop Strategies to Maximize Your Strengths and Minimize Your Weaknesses Smart Strategy 19: Shelve Your Emotional Baggage Smart Strategy 20: Use All of Your Talents Section 6: Teach With a Slow Hand and a Gentle Touch Smart Strategy 21: Model and Expect Good Behavior From All Children Smart Strategy 22: Courtesy Is Contagious Smart Strategy 23: Make Punishment a Last Resort Smart Strategy 24: Be a Gentle Critic Smart Strategy 25: Treat Children the Way You Treat Adults Smart Strategy 26: Be a Promoter of Positive Behavior Smart Strategy 27: Use Logical Appeal as a Discipline Strategy Smart Strategy 28: Catch Bees With Honey Not Vinegar Section 7: Be an Edutainer: Educator + Entertainer Smart Strategy 29: Put Some Pep in Your Academic Step Smart Strategy 30: Pump Up the Volume of Student Participation Smart Strategy 31: Be Passionate About Pedagogy Smart Strategy 32: Strut Your Stuff Section 8: Do a Three-Step to an Instructional Beat Smart Strategy 33: Conduct Your Own Diagnostic Clinic: Ascertain and Assess Student Skills and Weaknesses Smart Strategy 34: Prescribe an Effective Personalized Action Plan Smart Strategy 35: Promote Implementation of the Plan and Self-Regulated Learning Section 9: Seek to Inspire and Motivate Smart Strategy 36: Start With Yourself: Self-Motivate Smart Strategy 37: Showcase Each Child's Talents: Tap Into Multiple Intelligences Smart Strategy 38: Rewrite an Ineffective Classroom Script Smart Strategy 39: Avoid Burnout: Rekindle the Joy of Teaching Smart Strategy 40: Teach Children to Love Learning Smart Strategy 41: Move Your Class to Action Through Discovery and Inquiry Smart Strategy 42: Take Your Children to Water and Make Them Want to Drink Section 10: Do a Professional Makeover Smart Strategy 43: Project a Professional Image: Avoid the Blue Jeans and Sneakers Trap Smart Strategy 44: Perfect Your Teacher Voice and Educator Countenance: Develop a Get-Down-to-Business Demeanor References Index