Supporting New Teachers: A How-To Guide for Leaders

Author: Lynn F. Howard
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
Category: Teaching Resources & Education, Teaching Resources & Education, Organization & Management Of Education, Organization & Management Of Education
Book Format: Paperback

Today's educational landscape requires administrators to balance management and instructional leadership. While many understand management, creating a supportive environment that builds capacity and fosters positive communication isn't so intuitive. This guide provides leaders with realistic and simple-to-implement strategies that support new teachers.


She has worked for the Leadership and Learning Center for the past ten years and worked in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System for over 30 years as a middle grades science and math teacher, coordinator of the gifted program, and a K- 12 Regional Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction. She served on the National Association of Geoscience Education' Speakers Bureau as a keynoter, board member and professional developer.



She wrote Connecting Science Standards and Assessments, a chapter in Standards and Assessment: The Core of Quality Instruction.Her latest chapters, Success in the Beginning: Supporting New Teachers and Balanced Science Instruction are published in Engaged Instruction: Thriving Classroom in the Age of the Common Core.Lynn also contributed to the new Response to Instructional Strategies and Interventions: Scenarios for K-12 educators by Dr. Linda Gregg.



Foreword by Lisa Parker

Preface

A Vision of Teaching

Looking Through the Eyes of a New Teacher

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

Why Teachers Quit

New Teacher Support Programs

Rationale for Supporting New Teachers

How to Use the Book

How the Book Is Organized

Chapter 1. Instructional Leadership

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 2. Planning for New Teacher Support

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 3. Building Relationships

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 4. New Teachers and Stress

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 5. Before School Starts

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 6. Classroom Management

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 7. Curriculum Standards and Planning

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 8. Collaboration and Communication

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 9. Effective Teaching and Best Practices

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 10. Observations and Evaluations

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 11. Celebrating Success

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Final Thoughts

References and Suggested Readings

Index

Table Of Contents
Foreword by Lisa Parker

Preface

A Vision of Teaching

Looking Through the Eyes of a New Teacher

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

Why Teachers Quit

New Teacher Support Programs

Rationale for Supporting New Teachers

How to Use the Book

How the Book Is Organized

Chapter 1. Instructional Leadership

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 2. Planning for New Teacher Support

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 3. Building Relationships

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 4. New Teachers and Stress

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 5. Before School Starts

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 6. Classroom Management

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 7. Curriculum Standards and Planning

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 8. Collaboration and Communication

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 9. Effective Teaching and Best Practices

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 10. Observations and Evaluations

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Chapter 11. Celebrating Success

Quote

Story From the Field

The Administrator's Role

What Else Can I Do?

Self-Reflection Questions

Final Thoughts

References and Suggested Readings

Index
About Lynn F. Howard
Lynn Howard is an author, professional development associate and teacher. She has worked for the Leadership and Learning Center for the past ten years and worked in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System for over 30 years as a middle grades science and math teacher, coordinator of the gifted program, and a K- 12 Regional Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction. She served on the National Association of Geoscience Education' Speakers Bureau as a keynoter, board member and professional developer.
Lynn has presented at the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, National Science Teachers Association, Phi Delta Kappa, Learning Forward, International Reading Association, Association for Middle Level Educators and state and regional conferences.
She has published numerous books including Ready for Anything: Supporting New Teachers for Success and three grade levels of Five Easy Steps to a Balanced Science Program. She wrote "Connecting Science Standards and Assessments", a chapter in Standards and Assessment: The Core of Quality Instruction. Her latest chapters, "Success in the Beginning: Supporting New Teachers and "Balanced Science Instruction" are published in Engaged Instruction: Thriving Classroom in the Age of the Common Core. Lynn also contributed to the new Response to Instructional Strategies and Interventions: Scenarios for K-12 educators by Dr. Linda Gregg.
Lynn holds a Master's of Earth Science and Education and a Bachelor's Degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Academy Certification from the National Staff Development Council, and national certification in Gifted and Talented.

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