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Updated Edition of Bestseller

Teaching From the Deep End

Succeeding With Today's Classroom Challenges

Second Edition
By: Dominic Belmonte

Foreword by Gregory Michie

Establish a teaching philosophy of your own with these insightful principles!

Combining theory with personal anecdotes, this book guides novice teachers through the process of finding their own way as educators. The author encourages you to reflect on why you chose teaching as a profession and prompts you to think, to question, to observe, and to anticipate as you develop your teaching philosophy. Revised throughout, this updated edition of the bestseller:

Includes suggestions for navigating school politics
Offers ways to survive a culture of "testmania"
Provides recommendations for working with colleagues and parents
Gives expanded job-seeking advice for new teachers

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Grade Level: K-12
ISBN: 9781412965620
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2009
Page Count: 168
Publication date: March 31, 2014

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"Belmonte reminds us that teaching is not always about what you teach, but how and why you teach."
—Katherine Hogan, Founding Lead Teacher
Social Justice High School, Chicago, IL

"This book is unique. The author invites potential and experienced teachers to think more deeply about numerous facets of teaching we encounter but seldom consider. I learned a lot!"
—Barrie Bennett, Professor of Education
OISE/University of Toronto

Establish a teaching philosophy of your own with these insightful principles!

The world needs its next generation of quality teachers. This reader-friendly and entertaining guide helps preservice and beginning teachers dive into the deep end of today's classroom challenges not ordinarily covered in traditional teacher induction courses.

Combining theory with anecdotes from the author's extensive teaching experiences, Teaching From the Deep End guides readers through the process of finding their own way as educators. Dominic Belmonte encourages teachers to reflect on why they chose teaching as a profession and prompts them to think, to question, to observe, and to anticipate as they develop their teaching philosophy. Revised throughout, this updated edition of the bestseller:

Includes suggestions for navigating school politics
Offers ways to survive a culture of "testmania"
Provides recommendations for working with colleagues and parents
Gives expanded job-seeking advice for new teachers

Author(s)

Dominic Belmonte

Dominic Belmonte taught at York Community High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, for twenty years as an English teacher and chairman of the English Department. He is now President and CEO of the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching. A member and past chairman of the Golden Apple Academy of Educators, in 1989 he co-created the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois program, a pre-induction teacher preparation experience that is now the Golden Apple Foundation’s largest program, named by Harvard University as one of 15 programs out of 1,200 nationwide as a finalist for its Innovations in American Government award. In 1996 Belmonte also co-created the GATE (Golden Apple Teacher Education) program, an alternative pathway to teacher certification for mid-career adults wishing a career in teaching secondary math or science or teaching elementary school children.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition by Gregory Michie

Preface

About the Author

Part One: Getting There

1. The Teaching Profession: What Are You Doing and Why Are You Doing It?

2. Perception During the Job Search

3. Your Educational Philosophy: Creating Your Teaching Tenets

4. Reflective Writing Exercises for New and Veteran Teachers

5. Remember the Paul Potts Principle: It Is So (If You Think So)

Part Two: Being There

6. The Classroom: Where the Teacher's Path and the Student's Path Converge

7. The Teacher's Words: You Can Heal and You Can Harm

8. The Teaching Persona: Who You Are When You're Standing up There at the Big Desk

9. Working With Colleagues: Being a Team Player

10. Dealing With School Hierarchy and Politics

11. Don't Make Things Worse: Avoiding Deficit Views of Children

12. A Pep Talk About Parents

13. Seven Yin-Yang Blunders to Avoid

Part Three: Staying There

14. Classroom Ethics: 68 What-If's That Will Make Any Teacher Say "Yikes!"

15. Major Stresses in the Teaching Profession: Why You Must Remain a Teacher

16. The Paperwork Can Kill You

17. Living in Testmania

Part Four: Bringing Others There

18. Creating Programs for Teacher Preparation: The Programs of the Golden Apple Foundation in Illinois

Epilogue: Group Hug

References

Index

Reviews

"Belmonte reminds us that teaching is not always about what you teach, but how and why you teach. He asks teachers to become reflective practitioners who work with students, not for them, and that makes all the difference. Students turn into producers of knowledge, and teachers into artisans molding that beautiful vision with this philosophy of education."

Katherine Hogan, Founding Lead Teacher
Social Justice High School, Chicago, IL

"This book is unique. The author invites potential and experienced teachers to think more deeply about numerous facets of teaching we encounter but seldom consider. Teaching from the Deep End has story and heart. It also has a clear connection to the underbelly of the teaching and learning process; the author pushes those who teach to be more attuned to being consciously competent and not simply accidentally adequate. I learned a lot!"

Barrie Bennett, Professor of Education
OISE/University of Toronto

"This book reframes the essence of what teaching is essentially about. The author provokes readers to think about their intentions and focuses on passion for teaching, the importance of knowing self, and the necessity of being cognizant of how bias and the use of language impact our work with students."

Sue Elliott, Teacher Counselor/Staff Developer
West Vancouver School District, BC, Canada

"This book is unique; the author invites potential and experienced teachers to think more deeply about numerous facets of teaching we encounter but seldom consider. I learned a lot!"

Barrie Bennett, Professor of Education
OISE/University of Toronto

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