Table of Contents
Introduction: The Heart of a Teacher
Chapter One: Monitor and Adjust
Chapter Two: Classroom Management—Rules and Correction
Chapter Three: Teaching to Various Learning Styles
Chapter Four: Everyone Learns at a Different Rate
Chapter Five: Make the Material Relevant
Chapter Six: Consider the Needs of the Student
Chapter Seven: The Teachable Moment: Time To Be Flexible
Chapter Eight: Be a Servant Leader
Chapter Nine: There Is Something Important About a Name
Chapter Ten: Timing Is Important
Chapter Eleven: Help Build a Better Brain Through Repetition and Spacing
Chapter Twelve: Forgetting Has Its Place in Learning
Chapter Thirteen: Curiosity and Gap Instruction
Chapter Fourteen: Teaching Machines Versus Humans
Chapter Fifteen: Journaling Has Its Place in Any Subject
Chapter Sixteen: Front Door—Back Door
Chapter Seventeen: Peer Learning—Each One, Teach One
Chapter Eighteen: Teacher-Centered Versus Student-Centered
Chapter Nineteen: Use Your Energy Wisely
Chapter Twenty: Redirection versus Rejection
Chapter Twenty-one: Develop More Than One Passion
Chapter Twenty-two: Stay Current
Chapter Twenty-three: Classroom Organization and Displays
Chapter Twenty- four: Professionalism
Chapter Twenty-five: Nonverbal Cues
Chapter Twenty-six: Documentation
Chapter Twenty-seven: Parent Conferences
Chapter Twenty-eight: Teacher Burnout and Rewiring Your Brain
Chapter Twenty-nine: Morning Person
Chapter Thirty: Relationships with Fellow Teachers
Appendix A: Insightful Teacher Experiences
Losing My Marbles
Passing Papers
Never Turn Your Back
Let’s Go Outside
What’s in a Name? A Lot!
Things My Contract Does NOT Say
Whoa, Nellie! Another Field Trip
Who Threw the Pickle?
I Screamed, You Screamed, We All Screamed!
Snow Day!
These Kids Today
Appendix B: List of Remember Statements from the Chapters
About the Author
