Becoming a Win-Win Teacher: Survival Strategies for the Beginning Educator

Jane Bluestein

ožu 2015. · Prodaje izdavač: Simon and Schuster

O ovoj e-knjizi

Becoming a successful teacher in today's fast-changing world can be a daunting challenge. Jane Bluestein addresses the issues new teachers face and provides practical ideas and honest cautions in a wide range of helpful topics, including what keeps so many schools rooted in win-lose philosophies and practices, personal assets that will increase the odds of your survival and success, and specific strategies for winning in a win-lose system. These valuable insights and strategies, backed by years of experience and research, help you:

- Establish your professional identity
- Understand the culture, environment, and politics of today's schools
- Build your own support team with mentors, administrators, and colleagues
- Connect with students and create win-win classrooms
- Take care of yourself and grow in your career

With activity sheets full of handy charts, self-assessment surveys, and planning pages, Becoming a Win-Win Teacher helps you become a welcome, established, and effective member of a school community—without sacrificing your personality, intentions, or ideals.

O autoru

Jane Bluestein has worked with thousands of educators, counselors, health care professionals, parents, child care workers, and other community members worldwide. She has appeared internationally as a speaker and talk-show guest, including several appearances as a guest expert on CNN, National Public Radio, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Bluestein currently heads Instructional Support Services, Inc., a consulting and resource firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico.