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Authors: Ellen Kottler,Jeffrey A. Kottler,Cary J. Kottler

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Media centers,
16

Mentors,
157

choosing,
184
finding,
6
formal,
11
questions to ask first day,
4
recruiting,
xii
teachers’ childhood,
105
time management help,
89

MicroGrade,
79

Modeling behavior,
30
,
185
-
186

Multiple intelligences,
xiii
,
36
-
38
,
94

bodily-kinesthetic,
36
,
37
interpersonal,
36
,
37
intrapersonal,
36
,
37
learning activities and,
71
logical-mathematical,
36
,
37
musical-rhythmic,
36
,
37
naturalistic,
36
,
37
spatial-visual,
36
,
37
teacher support,
37
verbal-linguistic,
36
,
37

Mutual respect,
30

National Board for the Professional Teaching Standards,
xiv
,
188

Certification,
188

National PTA Standards for Parent/Family Involvement Programs,
xiv
,
118
-
119

National standards,
62

Networking,
xiii
,
6

informal,
163
lunchtime,
9
,
100

“No Child Left Behind,”
74

Norm-referenced tests,
xiii
,
76

reading ability and,
76
school accountability and,
76

Nurse,
23

Office, reports for,
77

Open-ended questions,
94
.
See also
Essential questions, formulating

Open House,
124
-
126

Orientation, new teacher,
4

Paired activity,
81

Papers, evaluating,
77

Paperwork,
77
-
87

attendance,
77
-
78
end-of-school year,
89
-
90
end-of-semester,
89
-
90
first weeks of school,
85
forms,
86
-
87
grades,
77
,
78
-
80
handling,
xiii
letters of recommendation,
90
planners/calendars,
85
reducing,
80
-
83
teacher’s mailbox,
83
-
85
See also
Paperwork, school
office

Paperwork, school office,
83
-
85

announcements,
84
end-of-semester,
89
forms,
84
,
85
,
86
-
87
information requests,
84
sales catalogues/letters,
84
-
85
telephone messages,
84

Paraprofessional educators,
161
-
162

getting to know,
161
open communication with,
162
school guidelines for,
162

Parental involvement, importance of,
xiv
,
118
-
119

academic,
118
cooperative behavior,
118

Parent conferences,
126
-
128

being prepared,
126
first impression,
126
-
127
formal,
126
informal,
126
notes,
127
-
128
procedure,
126
-
127
student-led,
126

Parent responses, reasons for limited,
129
-
130

cultural factors,
130
economic,
129
lack of transportation,
129
limited English proficiency,
129
-
130
limited phone access,
129
young/old dependents,
129

Parents:

conversing with about their children,
118
getting to know,
xiii
recruiting as allies,
130
See also
Parental involvement, importance of; Parent conferences; Parent responses, reasons for limited; Parents, building relationships with; Parents, contacting; Parents, ongoing contacts with

Parents, building relationships with,
119
-
121

attending children’s programs/activities,
120
e-mail,
119
general notes,
119
personal letters,
119

Parents, contacting,
121
-
124

being non-critical,
121
positive calls home,
123
-
124
sensitivity in,
121
telephone calls,
122
verbal attack responses,
121

Parents, ongoing contacts with,
128
-
129

class newsletter,
128
e-mail,
129
Internet,
129
photographs,
129
school newsletter,
128
signed papers,
128
telephone,
128
videos,
129
voicemail,
128
-
129

Peace Corps,
97

Performance assignments,
82

Personal date assistant (PDA),
85

Planning.
See
Lesson planning; Long-term planning; Unit planning

Principal,
3
,
4

Professional teaching organizations,
186
-
187

general,
187
specialized,
187
See also specific professional teaching organizations

Progress reports,
78
,
86

Project assignments,
82

Rapport: with students,
40

Reading, teaching,
74

Reflective learners,
36

teaching strategies,
36

Reflectivity,
36

Relationships with students,
40
.

See also
Students, connecting with

Resources, inventorying,
15
-
17

acoustics,
15
bulletin boards,
15
equipment,
15
,
16
flag,
15
furniture,
16
heating/air conditioning,
16
intercom,
15
telephone,
16

Respect,
53
,
144
-
145
.
See also
Mutual respect

Rewards for students,
98

Rubrics,
xiii
,
66
,
68
,
82

analytic,
xiii
,
68
,
69
holistic,
xiii
,
68
,
69

Rules, classroom,
4
-
5
,
51
-
52

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