On Your Mark, Get Set, Teach! : The Must Have Guide for New Teachers

by Funari Willever, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9780967922751
• ISBN10: 0967922755
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Franklin Mason Pr

Summary

Preparation is the key to a successful teaching career and veteran teachers, Lisa Funari-Willever and Lisa Battinelli have created the ultimate guide for new and student teachers. Written in a conversational tone, the authors share methods, tips, and techniques as well as heartwarming and humorous personal experiences.

Author Biography

Lisa Funari-Willever is the author of 16 books for children and teachers and is a former elementary school teacher in the city of Trenton, NJ. As a past member of the New Jersey Education Association (state teachers union), the National Education Association, and New Jersey Reading Association, her titles have received enormous support nationwide. She has had books featured on the Rosie O’Donnell Show and at the White House, as well as named to the prestigious New Jersey Battle of the Books List. A graduate of Trenton State College, she is married to Todd Willever, a captain in the Trenton Fire Department, and the mother of Jessica, Patrick, and Timothy. They are also in the process of adopting a little girl from Moldova. Lisa is a member of Authors and Illustrators Who Visit Schools and visits 70-80 schools, each year, all over the country and world.

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(2)
Mr. Donald Greenwood
Welcome To The Big Desk	11	(12)
It's What You Know and Who You Know	23	(12)
Know What You Teach and Teach What You Know	35	(6)
A Place For Everything and Everything In Its Place	41	(8)
Walk A Mile In Their Shoes or Spend A Moment In Their Desks	49	(8)
Please Report To The Principal's Office	57	(8)
A Diamond In The Rough	65	(6)
A Penny For Their Thoughts	71	(8)
Do As I Say...Period	79	(16)
How Do I Assess Thee? Let Me Count The Ways	95	(8)
Come One, Come All	103	(16)
On The Road Again	119	(10)
The Nuts And Bolts	129	(10)
To Stay Or Not To Stay...This Is The Question	139	(14)
May We Suggest	153