Tips for Teachers: 400+ ideas to improve your teaching


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Teaching is complex. But there are simple ideas we can enact to help our teaching be more effective. This book contains over 400 such ideas. The ideas come from two sources. First, from the wonderful guests on my Tips for Teachers podcast - education heavyweights such as Dylan Wiliam, Daisy Christodoulou and Tom Sherrington, as well as talented teachers who are not household names but have so much wisdom to share. Then there's what I have learned from working with amazing teachers and students in hundreds of schools around the world. Inside you will find 22 ideas to enhance mini-whiteboard use, 15 ideas to improve the start of your lesson, 14 ideas to help make Silent Teacher effective, seven ways to respond if a student says they don't know, and lots, lots more. Each idea can be implemented the very next time you step into a classroom. So, whatever your level of experience, subject or phase, there are plenty of ideas in this book to help take your teaching to the next level.




Best Tip for Teacher


Book Description

Teaching is complex. But there are simple ideas we can enact to help our teaching be more effective. This book contains over 400 such ideas. The ideas come from two sources. First, from the wonderful guests on my Tips for Teachers podcast - education heavyweights such as Dylan Wiliam, Daisy Christodoulou and Tom Sherrington, as well as talented teachers who are not household names but have so much wisdom to share. Then there's what I have learned from working with amazing teachers and students in hundreds of schools around the world. Inside you will find 22 ideas to enhance mini-whiteboard use, 15 ideas to improve the start of your lesson, 14 ideas to help make Silent Teacher effective, seven ways to respond if a student says they don't know, and lots, lots more. Each idea can be implemented the very next time you step into a classroom. So, whatever your level of experience, subject or phase, there are plenty of ideas in this book to help take your teaching to the next level. Book contents Chapter 1: How to use this book Tip 1. How to use this book to improve your teaching Tip 2. How to give yourself the best chance of making a lasting change Chapter 2: Habits and routines Why are habits and routines important? Tip 3. Eight ideas to help introduce a routine Tip 4. Beware of the Valley of Latent Potential Tip 5. Two ideas to help a routine stick Tip 6. Develop a set of high-value activity structures Tip 7. Six ideas to help establish positive norms in your classroom Tip 8. Four types of words to consider removing from your teaching vocabulary Chapter 3: The means of participation A challenge Tip 9. Front-load the means of participation Tip 10. Ten ideas to improve Cold Call Tip 11. Eight reasons to strive for mass participation more frequently Tip 12. Twenty-two ideas to improve the use of mini-whiteboards Tip 13. Five ideas to improve the use of voting systems Tip 14. Nine ideas to improve Call and Response Tip 15. Fifteen ideas to improve Partner Talk Tip 16. Six ideas to improve group work Tip 17. Use the means of participation holy trinity Tip 18. Never rely on a mental note Tip 19. The best tool for the long term might not be the best tool for now Chapter 4: Checking for understanding Tip 20. Think of questions as a check for misunderstanding Tip 21. Use the temptation to ask for self-report as a cue to ask a better question Tip 22. Lengthen wait times after asking a question Tip 23. Lengthen wait times after an answer Tip 24. Ten types of questions to ask when checking for understanding Tip 25. Try these three frameworks for learner-generated examples Tip 26. Three ways to use diagnostic questions to check for understanding Tip 27. Provide scaffolds for verbal responses Tip 28. Six key times to check for understanding Tip 29. Ten ideas to improve Exit Tickets Tip 30. Pick the student least likely to know Tip 31. Start with whoever got 8 out of 10 Tip 32. Ten ideas to help create a culture of error Tip 33. Three ideas to encourage students to ask questions Chapter 5: Responsive teaching Tip 34. Trick your students to test if they really understand Tip 35. Never round-up Tip 36. Six ideas if a student says 'I don't know' Tip 37. What to do when some students understand and some don't Tip 38. What to do when some students still don't understand Tip 39. How students can own and record classroom discussions Tip 40. Share students' work with the rest of the class




"501 Tips for Teachers, 2nd Ed."


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Newly revised and updated, this invaluable resource from esteemed educator Robert Ramsey is packed with practical and inspirational tips for teachers. 501 Tips for Teachers covers everything from classroom management, to student relations, to personal development and motivation, to working with parents, colleagues, and the community. Educators at all levels will appreciate the book's easy-to-follow advice and no-nonsense approach to teaching.




3-Minute Tips for Teachers


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This key resource for all teachers offers must-have advice to help them navigate the entire school year through efficient, stand-alone, easy to use chapters filled with accessible, practical advice from veteran teachers to help make the entire school year easier. While reading this indispensable guide, teachers will: - Access tips efficiently through the stand-alone, easy to use chapters, filled with practical advice from veteran teachers, which can each be read in under 3 minutes. - Receive guidance to increase professional growth, practice self-care, and boost creative energy in the classroom from the beginning of the school year to the end. - Engage with practical, teacher-tested advice targeted towards effective teaching and best practices that can be used in various situations. - Navigate the chapters in any order, based on professional development needs and personal and professional goals. - Inspires discussion topics for peer mentor teacher meetings, PLC groups, book studies, staff and department meetings, and new teacher trainings. - Build confidence through time-tested, realistic advice to navigate anticipated challenges and triumphs as a pre-service or veteran teachers.




75 Ways to Be a Better Teacher Tomorrow


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Highly effective teachers have something in common: They do simple things extraordinarily well—simple, uncomplicated things on a daily basis. In this new book by bestselling authors and presenters Annette Breaux and Todd Whitaker, you’ll learn the secrets of these tried-and-true techniques that will help to improve your teaching, your students’ learning, and your students’ behavior. Annette and Todd, who have years of experience working in schools across the globe, reveal 75 easily-implemented strategies that will improve teaching and instruction, classroom management, student motivation, student achievement, parent communication, and more--with no new programs! Each tip provides practical takeaways that can be used immediately and with remarkable success.




New Teacher Mindset


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A refreshing and hopeful guide to help new and veteran teachers thrive in our ever-changing world New Teacher Mindset is all about creating successful systems, practices, and protocols that make sense for today's teachers. To be the best teacher you can be, you need to understand how new technologies and a changing societal landscape have altered the needs of students—and how to modify your teaching approach accordingly. This book gives you a fresh take on topics like classroom management, project-based learning, group collaboration, increasing buy-in, and partnering with parents. The book is research-backed and provides concrete practices that have proven effective in real world classrooms. Each chapter includes a story to illustrate the topic of the chapter, followed by strategies, research, and practical activities that you can implement immediately to refresh your mindset and your classroom. Get fresh, modern ideas for elevating your classroom and teaching style Build on traditional teaching practices with new techniques designed for today's fast-paced, tech-driven world Use practical activities and reader reflection questions to transform your practice right away Learn how to revitalize your teaching by focusing on the classroom as a whole, the individual student, and the teacher This is an invaluable resource for K-12 educators and others working in the K-12 setting, all of whom need to learn to adapt and adjust to the constant shifting of the outside world. New Teacher Mindset is a roadmap for doing just that.




Teaching Tips


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Practical, immediately usable, and teacher-tested tips from leaders in effective instructional practices for increasing student motivation and learning.




How I Wish I'd Taught Maths


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Brought to an American audience for the first time, How I Wish I'd Taught Maths is the story of an experienced and successful math teacher's journey into the world of research, and how it has entirely transformed his classroom.




Teaching Yourself To Teach


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A Teacher’s Guide to Inspire, Motivate, and Provide the Best Learning Experience For Your Students. Are you a teacher who struggles with classroom management and lesson planning? Alternatively, are you considering becoming a teacher and are looking to develop the essential teaching skills? A lot of teachers claim teaching is the most challenging, and at the same time, the most rewarding job in the world. Not many get the chance to shape young minds and influence people to achieve great things in life. Teachers do... but it’s a hard road to travel on. Most people don’t even realize the challenges teachers face every day. From lesson planning to dealing with problematic students and overbearing parents, teachers have to juggle various responsibilities all at once. The biggest one, of course, is providing the best possible learning experience for students. This particular task is extremely difficult--you have to be able to motivate and inspire a certain group of people every day while maintaining authority and making sure they understand the material. It’s no wonder then, that many teachers feel like they’ve given everything they have and struggle to keep their students interested. The education system doesn’t help much with this particular problem--most of the time, you simply get a curriculum and they send you on your own way. If you’re a freelance teacher, you don’t even get that. It’s a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, this cold-hearted system is hindering education in general, and leaving teachers to their own means can backfire and have serious sociological consequences. But on the other hand, the system provides a crazy amount of freedom for teachers to do their own thing and be creative and versatile in their jobs. This, of course, puts an enormous amount of pressure on teachers, especially young, new teachers who are only starting to find their own teaching style. With the emergence of online classrooms and various virtual educational tools, teaching has become an art, and the teaching skills that were once valued before simply don’t compare in this new, digital world. Luckily, some of those skills are still considered essential and can be applied to both physical and virtual classrooms. In Teaching Yourself to Teach, you will discover: 8+ types of learners that will help you appraise your students and come up with the best teaching strategies for each one of them Blended learning techniques that allow you to incorporate digital tools in your real-life classrooms to enhance the learning experience A guidebook on classroom management, that will help even the most inexperienced teacher establish authority from the start Numerous tips and strategies for boosting motivation and inspiring students to excel in your class, even if you have some that are currently struggling Simple lesson planning instructions, carefully designed to make sure your classes are of the highest educational quality Tips on how to deal with problematic students and help them overcome their various learning issues And much more. Even if you’re an excellent teacher, adored by both students and parents, it never hurts to upgrade your skills to improve and enrich your teaching style. As a teacher, all you want is for your students to be passionate about learning and realize the potential you know they’re capable of reaching. If you want to develop crucial teaching skills and discover how to plan and execute the best classes possible, then scroll up and click the “Add to Cart” button right now.




If It Wasn't for the Parents...: 100 Great Teaching Tips to Make Your Life Easier


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Regardless of where you are in your teaching career, from the beginner to the old hand on the point of retirement, a teacher has a lot to offer the world. This book is my insights into teaching after 10 years. It tries to combine the latest ideas, such as introducing 'Learning Walls' and 'Learning for Assessment' while holding onto the very best of the more traditional teaching methods. These ideas work for me, and I have made solid progress by trying to implement them in all my lessons. As I want to save others from my steep learning curve in a widely different schools, countries and cultures, I thought I would write a book and share my thoughts with teachers, parents and home-schoolers.