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Teaching Is an Art

An A-Z Handbook for Successful Teaching in Middle Schools and High Schools

If you read only one book on teaching, make it this one! A practical, direct and humorous guide to teaching—you won't be able to turn the pages fast enough.

Teaching ability, wisdom, and fervor are not inborn; teachers can learn the elements of their art. With that in mind, this book provides information, games, book recommendations, specific lesson plans, and straightforward advice on 82 essential aspects of teaching, ranging from Back-to-School Night to Power in the Classroom, from Principles to Principals, from Homework to Substitute Teachers. Spreyer does this in a reader-friendly style, with easy-to-follow lists, examples, and suggested resources.

Highlights include:

  • Practical advice on over 80 subjects, to apply both in the classroom and out
  • Book suggestions and games for the classroom
  • For veteran teachers, suggestions for staying motivated and avoiding burnout
  • For new teachers, specifics you can't get anywhere else, such as tips on the First Day and First Week of School, and gaining Respect in the classroom

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Product Details
  • Grade Level: 5-12
  • ISBN: 9780761945192
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2002
  • Page Count: 200
  • Publication date: May 15, 2014
Price: $41.95
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Description

Description

"I re-read this book every summer to help me maintain a balanced perspective as I plan for a new school year."
Gary Tsuruda, Math teacher
Jordan Middle School
Palo Alto, CA

"Teaching Is an Art can help new teachers adjust more smoothly into the education profession and can provide new ideas and insights for veteran teachers."
John Thompson, Assistant Principal
El Camino High School
South San Francisco, CA

If you read only one book on teaching, make it this one! A practical, direct, and humorous guide to teaching—you won't be able to turn the pages fast enough.

Drawing upon close to 30 years of teaching experience, the author provides teachers with practical information that is not always taught in teacher education courses. New and veteran teachers alike will find useful advice for managing their work both in and out of the classroom. The book covers 82 essential topics, including Cooperative Learning, Parents, Staff Meetings, Tests, Portfolios, Rules, and many more.

Teaching ability, wisdom, and fervor are not inborn; teachers learn the elements of their art. With that in mind, Spreyer provides information, games, book recommendations, specific lesson plans, and straightforward advice on all aspects of teaching, ranging from Back-to-School Night to Power in the Classroom, from Principles to Principals, from Homework to Substitute Teachers. And he does it in a reader-friendly style, with easy-to-follow lists, examples, and suggested resources.

Highlights include:

  • Practical advice on over 80 subjects, to apply both in the classroom and out
  • Book suggestions and games for the classroom
  • For veteran teachers, suggestions for staying motivated and avoiding burnout
  • For new teachers, specifics you can't get anywhere else, such as tips on the First Day and First Week of School, and gaining Respect in the classroom
Author(s)

Author(s)

Leon Spreyer photo

Leon Spreyer
Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

About the Author

The Art of Teaching

Assessment

Back-to-School Night

Books

Calculators

Career Path

Cheating

Class Management

Classroom Talk

Colleagues

Computers

Confidence

Contests

Cooperative Learning

Curriculum

Discipline

Einstein Points

Field Trips

First Day of School

First Week of School

Games

Getting Along

Getting Out More

Grades

Guest Speakers

Homework

How to Become Hated

Improvise

Individual Needs

Jobs in the Classroom

Knowledge

Last Days of School

Learning Is a Process

Lesson Plans

Lies

Making Yourself Accessible

Media

Mentoring

Mistakes

Modeling

Movies About Teachers

New Students

New Stuff and Neat Stuff

New Teacher

Nonverbal Communication

Openers

Organizing for Success

Parents

Photocopying

Pizzazz

Portfolios

Power in the Classroom

Principals

Principles

Quotations in the Classroom

Recognizing Students

Respect

Room Environment

Rules

School Reform

Special Education

Staff Meetings

Standards

Substitute Teachers

Support Personnel

Talking to Parents

Talking to Students

Teacher Evaluation

Teaching: A Look Back

Teaching Teachers to Teach

Team Teaching

Tests

Textbooks

"That's a Shame!"

"This Is Boring!" and Other Ego Traps

Timing

Units of Study

Veterans and Rookies

Videos in the Classroom

Why You Should Not Teach

Why You Should Teach

Zeal

Index

Reviews

Reviews

Quote by Gary Tsuruda, Math teacher , Jordan Middle School; Palo Alto, CA:

"I re-read this book every summer to help me maintain a balanced perspective as I plan for a new school year."

"I re-read this book every summer to help me maintain a balanced perspective as I plan for a new school year."

Gary Tsuruda, Math teacher
Jordan Middle School; Palo Alto, CA
Quote by John Thompson, Assistant Principal, El Camino High School, South San Francisco, CA:

"Teaching Is an Art can help new teachers adjust more smoothly into the education profession and can provide new ideas and insights for veteran teachers."

"Teaching Is an Art can help new teachers adjust more smoothly into the education profession and can provide new ideas and insights for veteran teachers."

John Thompson, Assistant Principal
El Camino High School, South San Francisco, CA
Quote by Barbara Piano, University of Colorado:

Where was this book when I was teaching? I’m going to show or tell every teacher I know about this book. I wish Leon Spreyer could win teacher of the millennium award (and I mean this new millennium not the last one)!"

Where was this book when I was teaching? I’m going to show or tell every teacher I know about this book. I wish Leon Spreyer could win teacher of the millennium award (and I mean this new millennium not the last one)!"
Barbara Piano
University of Colorado
Quote by Harriett Arnold, University of the Pacific:

"Spreyer’s experiences with students and colleagues form the core of the book. It includes humor, quotations, poetry, samples, and examples for practitioners to try within their classrooms."

"Spreyer’s experiences with students and colleagues form the core of the book. It includes humor, quotations, poetry, samples, and examples for practitioners to try within their classrooms."

Harriett Arnold
University of the Pacific
Quote by Midwest Book Review's Library Bookwatch, March 2003:

"[It] is a practical and informative guide which is accessibly arranged . . . a very highly recommended supplemental resource for art educators of all experience, skill, and grade levels."

"[It] is a practical and informative guide which is accessibly arranged . . . a very highly recommended supplemental resource for art educators of all experience, skill, and grade levels."

Midwest Book Review's Library Bookwatch, March 2003

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