Teachers who read A Dozen Things will be engaged with the personal stories of teaching, while also gaining strategies for success in their classrooms. A quick glance at the table of contents provides insight into the issues teachers face and how to thrive and succeed. Successful teachers prepare personally and professionally for their jobs. Strong teachers organize and manage a classroom, while planning to use a variety of effective teaching methods and strategies.Both new and veter...

Retaining Effective Teachers provides all administrators with step-by-step strategies for hiring and keeping the best teachers. Teachers who serve on search committees and as teacher leaders will value the book as a guide for inducting and mentoring their new colleagues.The author has summarized the most useful research on hiring, induction, mentoring, and teacher support. The many appendices can be used immediately to ask behavior-based interview questions that determine the strong...

Why not improve your recruiting techniques and staff development strategies? Clement describes realistic yet simple hiring strategies ranging from performing the initial interviews to making the final hiring decision. She also outlines the importance of maintaining a continuing support structure for the entire faculty and illustrates strategies through case studies. An important tool for administrators, teachers, and other staff members involved in recruiting and retention.

There ARE jobs for teachers, and this step-by-step guide will help college students and career changers find those jobs and get them. Whether you seek a job as a substitute teacher or full-time pre-school, elementary, middle, or high school teacher, the strategies needed to win a job are here.The job market has changed, and teachers no longer get jobs just by just student teaching in a school. Today’s candidates need to use online search engines to find openings, and then produce a...

People who teach in higher education are subject matter specialists, but they often have little preparation in how to teach. This book presents the knowledge base of college teaching in a user-friendly, easy-to-read, yet well-researched format. From sample syllabi to the creation of an effective grading scale, this book covers critically important aspects of organizing and teaching your curriculum.Suggestions for preparing for the first day of the semester will make all semesters ru...

The quick-read, step-by-step guide to hiring outstanding teachers!Whether you are new to hiring or searching for a fresh approach, this invaluable guide helps you select the best possible candidates.Mary Clement, a nationally-awarded expert on teacher hiring, presents proven strategies for identifying high-performing teachers. Readers will learnTen best practices that address every stage of the hiring processTechniques and s...

En lisant ce résumé, vous découvrirez comment tirer parti de votre corps, votre esprit, votre voix et votre imagination afin de développer le potentiel de vos relations à son maximum.

En lisant ce résumé, vous découvrirez que l’intelligence ne peut se résumer au quotient intellectuel (QI) : des enfants avec un QI élevé échouent dans leur vie personnelle et professionnelle, alors que d’autres avec un QI bien moins élevé, réussissent.

Raleigh Bishop’s perfect life in rural St. Mary’s County, Maryland, has just come to a shattering end. Her naval test pilot husband, Grant, has been killed in a flight accident, and Raleigh is left to pick up the brittle shards of that life. She prefers to stay hidden away in her grief but is unwillingly dragged out of it by the contents of her husband’s will, which contain a shocking bequest.Grant has left her St. Clements Bluff, an old Bishop family home ...

Kotchenko est un bon policier, mais il a une fâcheuse tendance à flirter avec les limites de la loi... et les franchir. S'il peut compter sur son partenaire Reyes, il doit jongler entre un nouveau commissaire tâtillon, sa famille à l'équilibre fragile, et surtout cette affaire qui remonte jusqu'aux plus hautes sphères de la mafia new-yorkaise... Découvrez l'histoire de flics corrompus, de gangsters, tueurs sans scrupule et d'innocents à la recherche de justice dans ce polar audio. Une enqu...

Christmas Stories of Wonder - Short Story CollectionTrack List:A Christmas Tree - Charles DickensThe Boy with the Box - Mary Griggs Van VoorhisThe Thin Santa Claus. or The Chicken Yard That Was a Christmas Stocking - Ellis Parker ButlerTwas the Night Before Christmas - Clement Clarke Moore

WITH A FOREWORD BY ALISA STARKEWEATHER, FOUNDER OF THE RED TENT TEMPLE MOVEMENT.Each Red Tent is a unique reflection of the community of women who create it. But these varied spaces share something in common.The longing for connection and belonging.The sharing of how we are feeling and who we are in our lives.The nourishment of ourselves and each other.The slowing down, the rest, the replenishment.The simple act...