Work Less, Teach More


Book Description

Are you working too hard and struggling to find time for life outside of school? Do you wish you could spend more time with your loved ones but feel the need to give your all to your students? You are not alone. Teachers are working more hours than ever before and are struggling to find a balance between school and life outside of it. Dan has been there. After resigning midyear because he was burnt out, Dan came back to teaching and worked his way up to deputy principal. He did this while running two businesses and still being effective for the school and his students. In this book, Dan lays out a process to help you get your time back and live a life you love. He highlights the importance of focusing on your effectiveness as a teacher and not just your efficiency. In this book you will learn how to: increase your personal effectiveness identify what really matters focus on what matters set goals, plan, and achieve them, and reduce your workload but maintain your impact




Talk less. Teach more!


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We talk and talk and talk ... and very often we are frustrated by the feeling that our students simply aren't listening or aren't taking our verbal instructions seriously. It has been proven that over 82% of a teacher's communication with his or her students in the classroom is NONVERBAL. Why should we waste our breath on the classroom process rather than use it for our content? Especially when nonverbal management techniques are so much more effective? This book presents, in addition to a bit of theory, a huge number of practical tips and tools that can be implemented immediately in the classroom and that allow teachers to do what they actually became teachers to do - to teach!




Teach Them to Work


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Do your children exhaust you? Have you found yourself finishing their chores because it’s, well, easier than getting them to do them? If so, this book will give you new energy, and your household new harmony. This book will help your children develop a good work ethic. Mary Beeke, healthcare professional, educator, and mother first helps you absorb parenting principles and then gives you practical principles to bring clarity to roles in your home. Mary breaks down the principles into manageable chunks so whether you want a reflective study to bring radical change in your life, or just need a shot in the arm, she has you covered. Table of Contents: Introduction: How Work Began PART 1: Parental Principles 1. Work Is Good for Kids 2. Foundations 3. It’s in the Atmosphere 4. Subdue Their Will to Set Them Free 5. Turn Over the Reins 6. Custom Training 7. Together Time 8. Don’t Spare for Their Crying 9. Praying and Thinking 10. Monitor Screen Time PART 2: Practical Principles 11. Good No Matter What 12. Work Is What We Do 13. Let’s Go! 14. With All Your Might 15. Work Smart 16. Overcome Obstacles 17. Time Is a Treasure 18. Take Care of Your Stuff 19. Follow Your Talents 20. Natural Consequences 21. Enjoy the Good of Your Labor 22. Enjoy Your Labor 23. Rest and Perfect Work




This Is Not A Test


Book Description

José Vilson writes about race, class, and education through stories from the classroom and researched essays. His rise from rookie math teacher to prominent teacher leader takes a twist when he takes on education reform through his now-blocked eponymous blog, TheJoseVilson.com. He calls for the reclaiming of the education profession while seeking social justice. José Vilson is a middle school math educator for in the Inwood/Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. He writes for Edutopia, GOOD, and TransformED / Future of Teaching, and his work has appeared in Education Week, CNN.com, Huffington Post, and El Diario / La Prensa.




Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms


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The best-selling book of easy-to-implement classroom lessons from the world’s premier educational system—now available in paperback. Finland shocked the world when its fifteen-year-olds scored highest on the first Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a set of tests evaluating critical-thinking skills in math, science, and reading. That was in 2001; even today, this tiny Nordic nation continues to amaze. How does Finnish education—with short school days, light homework loads, and little standardized testing—produce students who match the PISA scores of other nations with more traditional “work ethic” standards? When Timothy Walker started teaching fifth graders at a Helsinki public school, he began a search for the secrets behind the successes of Finland’s education system. Highlighting specific strategies that support joyful K–12 classrooms and can be integrated with U.S. educational standards, this book, available in paperback for the first time, gathers what he learned and shows how any teacher can implement many of Finland's best practices. A new foreword by the author addresses the urgent questions of teaching, and living, in these pandemic times.




What the Best College Teachers Do


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What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, offers valuable answers for all educators. The short answer is—it’s not what teachers do, it’s what they understand. Lesson plans and lecture notes matter less than the special way teachers comprehend the subject and value human learning. Whether historians or physicists, in El Paso or St. Paul, the best teachers know their subjects inside and out—but they also know how to engage and challenge students and to provoke impassioned responses. Most of all, they believe two things fervently: that teaching matters and that students can learn. In stories both humorous and touching, Ken Bain describes examples of ingenuity and compassion, of students’ discoveries of new ideas and the depth of their own potential. What the Best College Teachers Do is a treasure trove of insight and inspiration for first-year teachers and seasoned educators.




Teach Like a Champion 2.0


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One of the most influential teaching guides ever—updated! Teach Like a Champion 2.0 is a complete update to the international bestseller. This teaching guide is a must-have for new and experienced teachers alike. Over 1.3 million teachers around the world already know how the techniques in this book turn educators into classroom champions. With ideas for everything from boosting academic rigor, to improving classroom management, and inspiring student engagement, you will be able to strengthen your teaching practice right away. The first edition of Teach Like a Champion influenced thousands of educators because author Doug Lemov's teaching strategies are simple and powerful. Now, updated techniques and tools make it even easier to put students on the path to college readiness. Here are just a few of the brand new resources available in the 2.0 edition: Over 70 new video clips of real teachers modeling the techniques in the classroom (note: for online access of this content, please visit my.teachlikeachampion.com) A selection of never before seen techniques inspired by top teachers around the world Brand new structure emphasizing the most important techniques and step by step teaching guidelines Updated content reflecting the latest best practices from outstanding educators Organized by category and technique, the book’s structure enables you to read start to finish, or dip in anywhere for the specific challenge you’re seeking to address. With examples from outstanding teachers, videos, and additional, continuously updated resources at teachlikeachampion.com, you will soon be teaching like a champion. The classroom techniques you'll learn in this book can be adapted to suit any context. Find out why Teach Like a Champion is a "teaching Bible" for so many educators worldwide.




Why Don't Students Like School?


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Easy-to-apply, scientifically-based approaches for engaging students in the classroom Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning. His book will help teachers improve their practice by explaining how they and their students think and learn. It reveals-the importance of story, emotion, memory, context, and routine in building knowledge and creating lasting learning experiences. Nine, easy-to-understand principles with clear applications for the classroom Includes surprising findings, such as that intelligence is malleable, and that you cannot develop "thinking skills" without facts How an understanding of the brain's workings can help teachers hone their teaching skills "Mr. Willingham's answers apply just as well outside the classroom. Corporate trainers, marketers and, not least, parents -anyone who cares about how we learn-should find his book valuable reading." —Wall Street Journal




Flash Feedback [Grades 6-12]


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Beat burnout with time-saving best practices for feedback For ELA teachers, the danger of burnout is all too real. Inundated with seemingly insurmountable piles of papers to read, respond to, and grade, many teachers often find themselves struggling to balance differentiated, individualized feedback with the one resource they are already overextended on—time. Matthew Johnson offers classroom-tested solutions that not only alleviate the feedback-burnout cycle, but also lead to significant growth for students. These time-saving strategies built on best practices for feedback help to improve relationships, ignite motivation, and increase student ownership of learning. Flash Feedback also takes teachers to the next level of strategic feedback by sharing: How to craft effective, efficient, and more memorable feedback Strategies for scaffolding students through the meta-cognitive work necessary for real revision A plan for how to create a culture of feedback, including lessons for how to train students in meaningful peer response Downloadable online tools for teacher and student use Moving beyond the theory of working smarter, not harder, Flash Feedback works deeper by developing practices for teacher efficiency that also boost effectiveness by increasing students’ self-efficacy, improving the clarity of our messages, and ultimately creating a classroom centered around meaningful feedback.




Leave School At School


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Are you exhausted, headed toward burnout, or even thinking about quitting? Do you have a pile of papers that you're putting off looking at? Does lesson planning regularly cut into your personal time? Is the balance you strive for in life out of reach because of your job? If you answered yes to any of the above, you're not alone. Teachers all over the world are struggling to excel in the classroom without sacrificing personal time, relationships, and even their health. And the expectations keep rising. Few people will give you permission to do less, which is why it's more important than ever that teachers start taking better care of themselves. In Leave School At School, Paul Murphy, an 18-year veteran of the classroom, explains how a few small changes in mindsets can lead to a greatly reduced workload. You'll read about evidence-based strategies that will help you, and also benefit your students. You'll be more productive while working fewer hours. You'll work less, live more, and teach better. You will leave school where it belongs and gain back your nights, weekends, and breaks. You'll extend your teaching career and get more enjoyment out of it. In this book, you will learn: *Why it's important to optimize your teaching practices *The importance of saying no *How to prioritize, so you spend time on what matters most *Why you should never waste a minute of planning time *How to stop taking student work home *How to grade less student writing *Why you should stop creating lessons *How to get all your work done in an eight-hour day Your students need you at your best, and the world needs happy, effective, experienced teachers. When you start leaving school at school, you'll be on your way to a more productive career and a more fulfilling life.