R&L Education
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978-1-61048-914-0 • Hardback • August 2012 • $99.00 • (£76.00)
978-1-61048-915-7 • Paperback • August 2012 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
978-1-61048-916-4 • eBook • August 2012 • $42.50 • (£35.00)
Mindy Keller graduated summa cum laude from Florida Atlantic University and began teaching in 1998. Her career spans from teaching remedial to advanced courses in English as well as required and elective courses in theatre and debate within both traditional and virtual environments.
Stacey Bruton earned her Bachelor's degree in Secondary English Education from the University of South Florida in 2009. She works as an Intensive Reading teacher at a Title 1 school in Tampa, FL.
AnnMarie Dearman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Florida Atlantic University in 2007, graduating summa cum laude. She works as a home school coordinator and as a tutor, where she enjoys the challenges of working with all grade levels in person and via the internet.
Victoria Grant earned her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Central Florida in 2004. After several years working as a second grade teacher, she is now a stay-at-home mom.
Crystal JovaeMazur is a costume and jewelry designer, residing in Chicago. She attended Florida State University, earning a B.A. in Theatre Studies. While there, she continued to perform and write, but found her passion in costume design, studying all applications of design and construction.
Daniel Powell illustrates and writes for zerolevel.com, and he is both author and artist for the web comic, Gunman. Daniel has attended Indian River State College, where he has furthered his education in the areas of English and History.
Christina Salvatore earned her Bachelor’s degree in English with a focus in Creative Writing and a minor in Journalism from Florida State University in 2007. Since graduating, she obtained a job as a Regional Office Manager for an insurance agency in Tallahassee, Florida.
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1Understanding and Visualizing the Ideal Class
Chapter 2Who are You, Anyway?
Chapter 3How You Convey Persona
Chapter 4Your Classroom Management Begins Now
Chapter 5Making Thematic Lemonade from Cloned Lemons
Chapter 6Birds, Bees, Procedures, and DisciplineChapter 7In the Eye of the Pre-Service Storm
Chapter 8Judgment Day
Chapter 9The First Week
Chapter 10Learning v. Teaching
Chapter 11Sticking to Your Rule and Procedures
Chapter 12A Class of Thinkers: Socrates in Action
Chapter 13Creating and Using Teacher Evaluations
Chapter 14We are Such Stuff as Grades are Made on
Chapter 15Final Approach and Landing
Chapter 16 Teacher Triage and Final Thoughts
Notes
Bibliography
About the Authors
Index
In over twenty years of working with new teachers, I’ve reviewed many books written to describe how to teach successfully. These books, even those that tell stories about the students, rarely include the real voices of students. As a result, for too many new teachers, the students are abstracts – not real.
In this book, real students speak and give new teachers, even veteran teachers, and insights into how to create a classroom that works for both students and teachers. Kids need to be heard and listened to before a teacher can be successful. This book is a must-read for first year teachers or teachers who want to reexamine their teaching practices.— Kathleen K. Huie, Director of Teacher Development, 1992 Florida Teacher of the Year, Retired
I just finished Transparent Teaching. All of the problems teachers experience, such as handling profanity and discipline, are attacked with clarity and suggestion, with models to improve and to fix. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCH A BLESSING IN MY FIRST YEAR! I would have stayed in teaching.— Veronica Cronin, writer and photographer
The most influential instructional guides are only valuable from those who have been there, done that. I wish that everyone in public schools really subscribed to the notions—as Keller so effortlessly did in our classes—that the students and their parents are customers, and above all, people.— Tekisha Roberts, Director of Operations and former student
Transparent Teaching provides exceptional guidance for teachers in how to shape the image they present to their students. It uses a classroom-validated method and means to avoid micro-managing, help students reach autonomy, and instill mutual trust. That is what I took from our classes, and this book is the key to inviting students to feel that same acceptance and engagement in the high school classroom.— Erin Rohan, attorney and former student
Mutual respect between students and teacher is the heart and soul of Keller's philosophy. The clear respect for her students permeates every facet of the class experience, ultimately resulting in successful teaching and learning. If teachers use these strategies, they will increase their effectiveness tenfold.— Shawn Fahy, MSW
It is brilliant. Raw honesty. Clever, applicable, and reflective.— Maria Mosley, Executive Director, Public Charter School, 33 years in Education