The together teacher: plan ahead, get organized, and save time!

An essential guide for over-scheduled teachers Maia Heyck-Merlin helps teachers build the habits, customize the tools, and create space to become a Together Teacher. This practical resource shows teachers how to be effective and havea life! Author and educator Maia Heyck-Merlin explores the key habits of Together Teachers—how they plan ahead, organize work and their classrooms, and howthey spend their limited free time. The end goal is always strong outcomes for their students. So what does Together, or Together Enough, look like? To some teachers it might mean neat filing systems. To others it might mean using time efficiently to get more done in fewer minutes. Regardless, Together Teachers all rely on the same skills. In six parts, the book clearly lays out these essential skills. Heyck-Merlin walks the reader through how to establish simple yet successful organizational systems. There are concrete steps that every teacher can implement to achieve greater stability and success in their classrooms and in their lives.Contains templates and tutorials to create and customize a personal organizational system and includes a companion website: www.thetogetherteacher.comRecommends various electronic or online tools to make a teacher's school day (and life!) more efficient and productive Includes a Reader's Guide, a great professional development resource; teachers will answer reflection questions, make notes about habits, and select tools that best match individual needs and preferences INDICE: Foreword: Norman AtkinsPart One: Get Clear on What MattersIntroductionPlanning, Organization, and Efficiency Matter Even More for TeachersWhat Do You Mean by Together?Why This Matters to MeHow the Book Is ArrangedHow to Use This BookChapter 1: Rules Over Tools: Create Your Ideal WeekIt Can Get Easier—A Step-by-Step ApproachI'm Not a Dictator, but There Are Some RulesThe ToolsComponents of a Great Organization SystemLet's Get StartedPart Two: Take the Long ViewChapter 2: No More Missed Deadlines: Make a Comprehensive CalendarThe Multiple-Calendar DilemmaThe Comprehensive Calendar: What Is It?Together Teachers' Comprehensive CalendarsPick Your Tool: Where Will You Keep Your Comprehensive Calendar?The Up-Front Investment: Create Your Comprehensive CalendarKeep Your Comprehensive Calendar AliveWhy Is This Important, Again?Get Started: Next StepsNilda: A Day in the LifeChapter 3: Corral the To-Dos: Create an Upcoming To-Do ListUpcoming To-Do List: What Is It?Using Your Upcoming To-Do ListTogether Teachers' Upcoming To-Do ListsPick Your Tool: Where Will You Keep Your Upcoming To-Do List?Get Started Slogging Through the Post-itsKeep It Alive: Enter It Immediately!Why Is This Important, Again?Get Started: Next StepsChapter 4: Never Forget! Capture Your ThoughtsSetting the SceneA Closer Look at ThoughtCatchersTogether Teachers' Thought CatchersPick Your Tool: Where Will You Keep Your Thought Catchers?The Initial Investment: Setting Up Your Thought CatchersMaking Your Thought Catchers Work for YouWhy Do We Need Thought Catchers Again?Get Started: Next StepsGilbert: A Day in the LifeChapter 5: Beware the Notebook Vortex: Take Great Notes at Meetings and Professional DevelopmentSetting the SceneBeware the Notebook VortexThe Explanation: What Are Meeting/PD Notes?Back from the Dead: Doing Something with Our PD NotesPick Your Tool: Where Will You Keep Your Notes?Making the Most of Small-Group MeetingsGet Started: NextStepsPart Three: Narrow Your ViewChapter 6: A Week's Worth of Readiness: How to Look AheadThe Tote Bag Calls to You from the Corner of the RoomA Closer Look: What Is a Weekly or Daily Worksheet?Together Teachers' Weekly WorksheetsTogether Teachers' Daily Worksheets: A Different OptionChoose a Product That Works for YouGet Started Customizing: Narrow Your ViewWhy Do I Need to Narrow My View?Get Started: Next StepsJeff: A Day in the LifeChapter 7: Automate: Create Routines for PlanningThe Power Workout: The Weekly Round-UpDaily Routines: Making the Most of Openings and ClosingsUse Those Preps to Their FullestCreating Routines: Why Does This Matter, Again?Get Started: Next StepsChapter 8: Ward off the Demons: Keep Those Organizational Muscles StrongKeeping Those Organizational Muscles Working: Your Daily ExerciseI'm Routined, I’m Planned, but the Work Still Isn't Getting DoneFive Demons That Haunt Us: Some Common Human BehaviorsAnna: A Day in the LifePart Four: All That Other Stuff!Chapter 9: Tame theE-Mail Beast: How to Manage Your In-BoxSetting the SceneE-Mail Is Not the Enemy, but...Set Up Your In-Box for SuccessAdmit You Are Part of the Problem: Create Better E-Mail HabitsClarity Is KingE-Mail: Use It, Don't Abuse It!Get Started: Next StepsChapter 10: Create Stations: Arrange Your Classroom to Run LikeClockworkSetting the SceneAn Overview of the StationsEnter and Exit Carefully: Create Your Classroom FoyerStocking Up the Kitchen: Keeping Necessary Ingredients on HandBattle of the Books: Classroom Libraries and TextbooksTame the Technology: Get Those Cords Under ControlSpic-and-Span ClassroomWhy Does This Matter, Again?Dan: A Day in the LifeChapter 11: Subdue the Backpack Explosion: Set Expectations for Student StuffSetting the SceneContain Student PapersPast and Present Student WorkPencils and That Other “Stuff”Why Does This Matter, Again?Chapter 12: Deal with Your Paper and Stuff: How to Find What You Need in Under Ten SecondsSetting the SceneWhat to Carry When You Are on the Move: Your Together Teacher System and a Teacher ClipboardUse Your Desk for Something Other Than StorageCreate a Suitcase: Transporting Work Between School and HomeYourTeaching MaterialsFinding What You Need When You Need It: Reference Information and File CabinetsWhy Does This Matter, Again?Part Five: Become a Together TeacherConclusion: Becoming a Together TeacherDealing with Deluge: Can Your System Survive Under the Pressure?Get Started: An Month-by-Month Implementation PlanWhy the World Needs Together TeachersSue: A Day in the LifeRecommended Resources for the Together ClassroomBooks, Blogs, Applications, and More!Meet theTogether TeachersAppendixesAppendix 1: Glossary of TermsAppendix 2: The Weekly Round-Up: Your AgendaAppendix 3: Project Plans for TeachersAppendix 4: Sample School Communication AgreementAppendix 5: Classroom Efficiency: Quick and Dirty TipsAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIndex

• ISBN: 978-1-118-13821-2
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 22/06/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés