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"Belmonte reminds us that teaching is not always about what you teach, but how and why you teach."
―Katherine Hogan, Founding Lead Teacher
Social Justice High School, Chicago, IL

"This book is unique. The author invites potential and experienced teachers to think more deeply about numerous facets of teaching we encounter but seldom consider. I learned a lot!"
―Barrie Bennett, Professor of Education
OISE/University of Toronto

Establish a teaching philosophy of your own with these insightful principles!

The world needs its next generation of quality teachers. This reader-friendly and entertaining guide helps preservice and beginning teachers dive into the deep end of today′s classroom challenges not ordinarily covered in traditional teacher induction courses.

Combining theory with anecdotes from the author′s extensive teaching experiences, Teaching From the Deep End guides readers through the process of finding their own way as educators. Dominic Belmonte encourages teachers to reflect on why they chose teaching as a profession and prompts them to think, to question, to observe, and to anticipate as they develop their teaching philosophy. Revised throughout, this updated edition of the bestseller:

• Includes suggestions for navigating school politics
• Offers ways to survive a culture of "testmania"
• Provides recommendations for working with colleagues and parents
• Gives expanded job-seeking advice for new teachers

Dominic Belmonte taught at York Community High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, for twenty years as an English teacher and chairman of the English Department. He is now President and CEO of the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching. A member and past chairman of the Golden Apple Academy of Educators, in 1989 he co-created the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois program, a pre-induction teacher preparation experience that is now the Golden Apple Foundation’s largest program, named by Harvard University as one of 15 programs out of 1,200 nationwide as a finalist for its Innovations in American Government award. In 1996 Belmonte also co-created the GATE (Golden Apple Teacher Education) program, an alternative pathway to teacher certification for mid-career adults wishing a career in teaching secondary math or science or teaching elementary school children.