teachers

It's not fair! Not only is Melonhead's new fifth-grade teacher notoriously strict and mean, his mother is making him eat more and more vegetables. So Melonhead and his pals come up with a genius idea to get out of eating his mom's vegalicious meals, all the while convincing her that they actually love them. But the genius idea leads to totally unexpected and stinky results!.

"In Negima, Negi was a ten-year-old teacher with teen girls as his students. In this alternate-world take on the story, the girls are all in kindergarden and Negi is the adult teacher trying (unsuccessfully) to wrangle his wild charges."--Provided by publisher.

Provides a detailed interview protocol for hiring teachers that includes questions and scoring rubrics designed to give administrators a sense of how effective a person will be as a teacher. Includes CD-ROM with sample forms and rubrics.

Discusses an approach to coaching that suggests teachers write and reflect upon their practices by using individualized literacy strategies, with samples of work generated from specific techniques and narratives from coaches in school-based and independent settings.

Presents practical strategies and activities that addresses the issues faced by classroom teachers, supervisors, and principals on a daily basis such as leadership, mentoring, developing professional portfolios, and providing positive learning groups.

Presents a practice guide for teachers for helping students to raise their expectations and standards and provides strategies for communicating with parents, recognizing and correcting negative behavioral problems, and increasing social and academic skills.

Offers mentors, administrators, and teacher educators an overview of the specific issues that impact the mentoring relationship, including age, gender, and culture in the mentoring relationship, new teachers in urban or rural school environments, teachers working with at-risk students, self-mentoring, and more.

Presents practical strategies and activities that addresses the issues faced by classroom teachers, supervisors, and principals on a daily basis such as leadership, mentoring, developing professional portfolios, and providing positive learning groups.

Contains twenty poems designed to prompt educators to reflect on their classroom practices, grouped in the categories of school environment, curriculum, diversity, the impact of teachers and parents, and the rewards of teaching. Includes reflection questions, suggested activities, and resources for further study.