Becoming a Win-Win Teacher: Survival Strategies for the Beginning Educator - Softcover

Bluestein, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1632205416 ISBN 13: 9781632205414

Publisher: Skyhorse, 2015

Synopsis

Becoming a successful teacher in today's fast-changing world can be a daunting challenge. Jane Bluestein addresses the issues new teachers face and provides practical ideas and honest cautions in a wide range of helpful topics, including what keeps so many schools rooted in win-lose philosophies and practices, personal assets that will increase the odds of your survival and success, and specific strategies for winning in a win-lose system. These valuable insights and strategies, backed by years of experience and research, help you:

- Establish your professional identity
- Understand the culture, environment, and politics of today's schools
- Build your own support team with mentors, administrators, and colleagues
- Connect with students and create win-win classrooms
- Take care of yourself and grow in your career

With activity sheets full of handy charts, self-assessment surveys, and planning pages, Becoming a Win-Win Teacher helps you become a welcome, established, and effective member of a school community—without sacrificing your personality, intentions, or ideals.

About this title

From the Author:

Jane Bluestein has worked with thousands of educators, counselors, health care professionals, parents, child care workers, and other community members worldwide. She has appeared internationally as a speaker and talk-show guest, including several appearances as a guest expert on CNN, National Public Radio, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Bluestein currently heads Instructional Support Services, Inc., a consulting and resource firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Review:

"If you’re thinking about choosing teaching as a career, read this book. Becoming a Win-Win Teacher gives you the courage to lead, the power to innovate, and the perspective to find joy and success in this satisfying, sometimes frustrating, always honorable career. Bluestein has coached thousands of teachers from all states and countries around the globe. She has listened to their questions and spoken with their supervisors and colleagues. In this book, she shows that she knows what it means when beginning teachers stand in front of students those first weeks, ‘curriculum smart’ yet ‘classroom shaky.’ This book is a keeper." (Leanna Landsmann, Author, A+ Advice for Parents 2010-01-13)

"Going from being a student to being a teacher is a huge transition, and Bluestein′s information helps bridge this gap. The chapter activities give the opportunity for personal reflection, which is essential for developing confidence in teaching skills. The quotes interspersed throughout the book are inspirational for all educators and help keep a positive attitude during those less-than-perfect days. Becoming a Win-Win Teacher gives a novice educator every tool to help develop a successful career and professional identity. It should be in the hands of every educator." (Suzanne Goodison, Principal 2010-02-05)

About this edition

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1632205416
• ISBN 13: 9781632205414
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288