Taming the Time Stealers: Tricks of the Trade From Organized Teachers / Edition 1

by Mildred C. Gore, John F. Dowd

Overview

Practical ideas from real classroom teachers help you manage the multitude of diverse tasks that make up a busy school day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803968448
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/20/1999
Series:	One-off Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	3 Months

About the Author

M. C. (Millie) Gore is Hardin Distinguished Professor in the Special Education Program of the Department of Counseling, Kinesiology, and Special Education at the Gordon T. and Ellen West College of Education at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas. She is the author or coauthor of several books, including the Corwin title (with John F. Dowd) Taming the Time Stealers: Tricks of the Trade From Organized Teachers. Gore received undergraduate and master’s degrees from Eastern New Mexico University and a doctorate from the University of Arkansas.

Table of Contents

Organizing Your Time and Memory
Buried Under Administrative Paperwork?
Managing Instructional Print Material
Corralling Nonprint Materials
‘Dejunking'
Taking the Cure
Decisions
From Simple to Complex
Organizing Your Teaching
Helping Students Learn to Organize Themselves
Teaching Students with Special Needs
Working with Parents
Requesting Assistance
Organizational Strategies for Your Soul

Editorial Reviews

"In an attempt to help their students improve, the authors surveyed well-organized teachers about their "Time Stealer Tamers" to share with the aspiring teachers. Here they share their useful suggestions with a wider audience. "

CHOICE, 2000 - G. E. Pawlas