Intentional Teacher : Forging a Great Career in the Independent School Classroom

by GOW PETER

• ISBN13: 9781890765033
• ISBN10: 1890765031
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-30
• Publisher: Pathway Book Service

Summary

Peter Gow's The Intentional Teacher mines decades of the author's classroom experience to help teachers succeed and forge fulfilling careers. Covering classroom management, planning, getting to know students, and a wealth of other topices, The Intentional Teacher is a comprehensive guide to reaching students of all ages in independent schools.

Author Biography

Peter is also the author of An Admirable Faculty: Recruiting, Hiring, Training, and Retaining the Best Independent School Teachers (2005), published by the National Association of Independent Schools. He resides with his family in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 11
Preface	p. 13
A Teacher's Will	p. 17
Who is a teacher?
Affection for children
Joy in learning
Commitment to student success
Finding a Teaching Job	p. 27
Identifying appropriate schools
Boarding schools versus day schools
Grade levels
Coeducational and single-sex schools
Getting hired
All about interviews
Orienting oneself
Analyzing school culture
Knowing Students	p. 41
Learning students' stories
Talking to students
Student records
The teacher-observer and concepts of intelligence
Classroom Culture: "Management"	p. 49
What the teacher must do
Constructivist theory and "Active Learning"
Teachable moments
Managing frustration
Feedback
Planning, Macro to Micro	p. 59
Curriculum, then and now
A curriculum-planning template
Daily lesson planning
Classroom Culture: Teaching with Standards	p. 71
Standards and grading
Rubrics as evaluative tools
Intellectual responsibility
The Give and Take of Feedback	p. 83
The teacher's role
Working one-on-one with students
The elusive student
Feedback as an aspect of professional growth
Effective classroom observation
Feedback as an aspect of professional evaluation
Families	p. 97
The family in the student's life
Differences, dysfunction, and secrets
The family in the teacher's life
Sharing concerns with parents and guardians
Electronic communication
A few small points
Diversity: "Getting It"	p. 107
Diversity and multiculturalism
Essential concepts in diversity education
The "all-terrain" teacher
Gender, sexual identity, and class
Diversity, respect, and high standards
Other Classrooms: Advising and Supervision	p. 119
The advisor role
Clubs, student organizations, and publications
In the dormitory
The off-campus chaperone
Other Classrooms: Coaching	p. 129
Values of the effective coach
Planning as a key to effective coaching
Continuing Education: Cognitive and Social Development in Children	p. 133
Child development: An essential history
Theories of cognitive development and learning
Moral development
Cultural and gender factors
The social context of 21st-century childhood
When the teacher must act
Continuing Education: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and the Professional Community	p. 147
Education in the modern era
Influences on contemporary curriculum
Essential knowledge: Bloom's Taxonomy
The next wave of technology
Professional organizations
Professional Behaviour	p. 159
A personal code
School rules
Presence and punctuality
Boundaries
The un-crossable line
The charismatic teacher
The Teacher in the School	p. 169
The teacher and the administration
The teacher and the governing body
A place to make a difference
Becoming a teacher-leader
A Teacher's Path	p. 177
"Ages and stages"
The administrator's path
The teacher at mid life
A fine end
Resources	p. 185
A "Backwards Planning" template for a unit or course	p. 217
Template for designing collaborative classroom projects	p. 225
Sample structure of a test or examination based on Bloom's Taxonomy	p. 233
A First Day of School planning checklist	p. 235
Index	p. 237
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