Book Description
Step by step,
Counseling Toward Solutions shows how to help individual students begin their own change process by noticing when a problem does not occur rather than focusing on the problem or what caused it. This approachâ called Solution-Focused Brief Therapyâ is often used by private counselors and therapists and is now being applied in the schools with great success.
Customer Reviews:
Powerful strategies for counseling in the school environment.......2000-04-26
Ms. Metcalf's strategies for applying solution-focused approaches with students, faculty,parents and administrators create a powerful vision for changing the fabric of school culture through utilizing the strengths and successes already present and happening every day in every school. I found this book a refreshing and thought provoking alternative to hiring expensive consultants to fix our schools. Second - order change at its best!
A clerly-written, useful book for School Counselors.......1998-09-30
This book is a practical resource for School Counselors. It presents the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy approach, along with providing forms that can be reproduced to integrate into your school counseling programs. Some parts are a bit repetitive, but it's an easy read that has real applications for School Counselors. Very handy!
Book Description
Succeeding at Your Interview: A Practical Guide for Teachers uses an effective interactive format to present core information about interviewing for a teaching job, document a wide variety of interview processes, guide teacher candidates in developing strategies for interviewing, and increase their confidence in communicating their professional knowledge. In a spiral process, readers are asked to consider scenarios, respond to questions, contemplate the perspective offered by the authors, and modify their responses. The goal is to help teacher candidates develop and articulate a clear idea of their own professional knowledge and of the culture of the schools at which they are interviewing.
Special features:
*Eleven detailed chapters and five interview scenarios engage the reader in continuous reflective practice in the multifaceted activities integral to interviewing--beginning with organizing the job search and proceeding through the entire interview process.
*The scenarios implicitly develop knowledge and the chapters explicitly detail the information.
*Specific interview situations engage readers in articulating their professional knowledge, linking theory and practice.
*"Keep in Mind" comments, Margin Notes, and Decision Trees provide opportunities to reflect on the issues and develop personal responses.
*Sample documents, formats, questions, and responses enhance understanding of evaluation processes.
*Graphic organizers at the beginning and end of each chapter provide visual representations of the concepts and concerns addressed in each chapter, assisting the reader in identifying chapters relevant to their current needs in the job search and in synthesizing, organizing, and reviewing the information contained in the chapter.
Customer Reviews:
This book will make you interview-savvy !.......2003-06-23
Beyond a "Must-Read"--this is a "Must-Do" personal coaching workbook. As a counselor in educational placement, I develop interview tip sheets, classroom seminars and conduct mock interviews for student teachers. This book does more. It walks you through sample interviews and shows you how to "work the questions." The authors clarify the interview process for inexperienced candidates, and provide the tools for anyone (even other-than-teacher job seekers) to interview with confidence and professionalism.
Valuable Tool.......2002-06-21
"Succeeding at your interview" is a good resource for anyone entering the field of education. This book gives the reader a step by step guide for achieving a teaching position in the school of his or her choice. Expert guidance is provided on preparing an application, presenting yourself as a professional, and evaluating an interviewer's questions. In addition, the scenario sessions are an excellent tool to avoid being caught unprepared for an interview question. I plan on recommending this book to all of the teachers I know. This would be a great gift for a recent college graduate, or a seasoned professional who is changing career paths.
Guidance From an Experienced Mentor.......2002-06-18
I have taught in a suburban New York school system for 35 years and have served on many interviewing teams. Review of questioning techniques and the interview scenarios can be a great help to teachers and administrators on these teams. But it is especially valuable to the prospective teacher who after reading and studying "Succeeding at Your Interview" will be prepared to face any setting or question posed at an interview. This ability means SUCCESS!
The prospective teacher will gain confidence by becoming familiar with the variety of interview formats. The 5 scenarios are-
1. An Initial School Based One to One Interview
2. An Initial Interview with a School Based Team
3. A District Based Interview with Several Principals
4. A School Based Interview with Role Playing
5. A School Based Interview with a Demonstration Lesson
Becoming familiar with the varied possibilities can prevent being caught off guard and will present a secure, confident candidate.
The reader is exposed to interviewers' questions and techniques in evaluating them. There are 7 issues that are usually discussed in interviews. These issues are reviewed with practice exercises. The questions covered are on the topics of-
1. Yourself
2. Learning Principles
3. Supporting Learning
4. Impressions of Teaching
5. Classroom Lessons
6. Personal Approaches
7. Your Questions
This book also provides guidance with gathering information about potential teaching positions, organizing the application process and suggested readings.
"Succeeding at Your Interview" is a most valuable tool for the prospective and experienced teacher before interviewing for a position as well as for the teacher on the team involved in the interviewing process. Get this book for success!
Book Description
Thoroughly researched, this easy-to-use handbook is designed to help parents, teachers, pastors and youth workers guide today's young people through the minefields of adolescence. From simple challenges to major crises, this book will equip adults to help youth cope with situations involving emotional issues, abuse, addictions, family issues, disorders, sexual issues and much more.
Customer Reviews:
Mandatory Resource.......2007-07-10
This is an indispensible resource for those working with, or counseling youth. I have used it frequently for advice and guidance in dealing with the thorny and delicate issues of adolescence and young adulthood in my church. It has answers for everything from educational issues to sexual dilemmas. It is thoroughly researched and, as it says on the front cover, is comprehensive. Each issue is organized in five steps for easy comprehension, and to help you quickly analyze the problem or crisis.
1. identify the problem
2. discover its causes
3. determine its effects
4. view it from a biblical perspective
5. prescribe the right response
Josh McDowell is a world reknown author and speaker. He has written several bestselling books, including More Than a Carpenter, and Evidence That Demands a Verdict.
Great Helper for Working with Youth.......2005-10-10
This book is easy to read. I like the format and the design of the book. The author speaks clearly and in language that is understandable without the help of a dictionary. Fantastic book.
Great Resource.......2004-04-06
I've come to know how important it is to meet the needs of today's youth. There are some youth struggling in areas where we may have not struggled and getting solid information to minister to these youth is vital. This book provides that information!
There Is A need For This Book In Your Library.......2001-05-25
This is the definitive work on the basics of youth counselling. McDOwell offers solid advice on how to counsel teens through nearly any problem. Frank discussion of suicide, abuse, eating disorders, family life and sexuality help the untrained counselor aid teens. The writing is easy to follow and McDowell makes a point to never get "preachy" or take the Counselor toofar down a path. He offers referal information and soundly tells the counselor at what point to find help in the counselling session. Whether you are a Senior Pastor, Youth Pastor or a volunteer youth leader this book will help you better understand the minds and struggles of young people today while helping you know the best way to help them through.
READ THIS OR YOU ARE MISSSING OUT.......2000-11-02
ANYONE NOT UNDERSTANDING TEENS WILL GET A GRASP ON A TEENS LIFE BY READING THIS YOU WILL LEARN THAT WHAT YOU SEE A TEEN DOING IS NOT WHAT THE TEEN MIGHT BE THINKING,IN OTHER WORDS YOU WILL LEARN TEEN SPEAK WITH THEIR ACTIONS NOT THEIR WORDS AND NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR MAY BE A WAY A TEEN IS CALLING OUT OR THAT FOR THE TEEN THIS IS THEIR SECURITY SO THEY DON'T FEEL THE PAIN OR GET LOOKED DOWN UPON BY OTHERS INCLUDING ADULTS BECAUSE THEY ARE STRUGGLING. FOR MANY TEENS BELIEVE THAT IT IS BETTER TO HAVE PEOPLE LOOK DOWN ON THEM BECAUSE OF BEHAVIOR RATHER THAN TO KNOW THAT THE TEEN IS HURTING.
Book Description
Survive & Thrive in the Classroom From Day One!
Teaching high school students is the toughest job you'll ever love. Of course, often it is an acquired love. You must learn to manage your students' education and play parent, counselor, police officer, and mentor. Wow! Now relax—it doesn't have to be overwhelming. With a little preparation you can ensure that you and your students get the most out of your time in the classroom and enjoy it!
Full of real-world advice and answers for the complex issues facing today's high school teachers, this down-to-earth and witty book will teach you how to create an atmosphere of cooperation, learning, and respect within your classroom. Use this helpful guide as your personal mentor to achieve a successful and satisfying career as a high school teacher.
Earn straight A's your first year by knowing how to:
·Create an attention-grabbing and interactive teaching environment
·Manage difficult students and unique teenage problems
·Communicate, educate, and have fun with your students
·Balance the demands of old-school administrators and pushy parents
·Fairly assess, grade, and evaluate students
·Develop effective and engrossing lesson plans
"Straightforward, up-to-date, and engaging. I've seen a lot of resource books for new teachers, and this is the best of the bunch."
—
Wendell Geis, continuing education administrator, University of California, Davis
Customer Reviews:
basic info... so much of it the baby goes out with bathwater.......2007-07-26
i agree entirely with the previous reviewer, in that book tries casts a scope so wide that it becomes nearly useless as a resorce for a beginning teacher. this book would be excellent for a person who has not taken a teachers training course (B. Ed., or teachers college), but for those who have, the info is so basic as to become useless. there is simply so much info here that is redundant to any decent training you might have already had, and any gems that may be buried within are lost amongst the mass.
i give this book two stars, because for a person who has not been trained to teach this book really does cover *all* of the basics (mostly theory that guides your practice). however, going into this book i know what i needed, which is: 1) straightforward, practical pointers on what i need to do to prepare, 2) suggestions for activites to use in the first week.
going in to a teaching career, you will hopefully have so much support from fellow teachers that you will be getting first hand info and guidance (probably even lesson plans) that you will not need to worry, but that first week is what things will hinge on, and it is probably the week that you are most on your own. this book should be 1/3 the size, include sample rubrics and other tools, and condensed all of it's info.
A Must Have.......2007-03-09
For the first year or beginning teacher, this book is "a must have".
It provides concrete advice about what a beginning teacher should and
should not do. It is extremely "readable", with no fancy jargon, and a real
resource to help a new teacher get started. On top of that it is actually
entertaining to read, not boring. I highly recommend it!
Great Review of College Preparation.......2006-07-31
I have been searching for teaching job for 4 years now and have finally been offered one. After being out of college for that long period, I was worried about my classroom managment practices. This book was a great review of everything learned in college plus some! I also have Wong's First Days of School. I think that this text far surpasses Wong's.
Your First Year As a High School Teacher : Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional.......2006-07-17
This book should be required reading for every new high school teacher! I am giving a copy to my student teacher, and to my daughter, a future teacher. It is well-written, and brings up topics that a new teacher might not have thought about. Well-reasoned answers to questions are provided. As a veteran teacher, I found myself marking pages as I read through it.
Not what I expected.......2005-10-15
This book seemed like a lot of common sense to someone who already knows even a little bit about what it's like to be a teacher. Book might be helpful to a student who isn't quite sure yet.
Book Description
"Vesilind’s book will serve as a valuable resource, not only for graduate students on the threshold of academic careers, but also for current assistant professors in need of a mentor and even for those top undergraduates deciding whether a doctorate followed by college teaching is the best use of their talents. Combining good-humored criticisms of academia with sincere defense of the contributions of professors, Vesilind gives informal and, more importantly, frank advice for every stage of the career, from the career choice to retirement."
--Eugenia P. Gerdes, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Bucknell University
Maybe you’d like to combine the two loves of your life—teaching and scholarship—and perhaps build a satisfying and profitable academic career, but you’re not sure if this is really what you want or how to go about it. Or maybe you’ve made up your mind but need some good advice on how to succeed. If so, this book is written for you.
So You Want To Be a Professor begins with a discussion of jobs in academia and how to find them. Chapters cover a wide range of political skills for future academic success, including lecturing, organizing a course, meeting your first class, testing, maintaining a research program, and writing for publication. No other book provides such a practical overview of essential career-building skills. Even junior faculty will benefit from the advice in this engaging, comprehensive book.
Customer Reviews:
may be accurate if you are a white male.......2002-01-29
After getting approximately 10 books on how to be a professor for Christmas, I was least impressed with this one, mainly for two reasons.
1. The author seems to be somewhat clueless when it comes to being female or non-white (or disabled or homosexual etc.) in academia. For example, at one point he says he doesn't understand why questions about marital status or children should be banned from the interview.
2. He contradicts himself many times. In the prologue he claims that academia is a meritocracy (something none of the other books I got seem to believe), but later makes it sound like it isn't. Additionally he claims that there are many institutions where research is not important or necessary (also something none of my other books believe), but in later chapters denies this.
His chapter on how to overcome teaching anxiety looks pretty good, but I would take the rest of what he says with a grain of salt....
Don't be misled by the subtitle.......2000-06-14
Don't let the subtitle fool you-there's something in here for everyone in academia, whether you've just signed up for grad school, just gotten tenure, or have attained that coveted full professor status. Developed from a course the author taught, the book is full of the same tongue in cheek humor that characterizes Dr. Vesilind's teaching. More than a "how to get the job" manual, this book covers not only "how to excel at the job once you have it" but "why excel at the job once you have it". The final chapter-"The academic career" is a must for those discouraged souls in the postdoctoral trenches-we all started down this road for a reason and it helps to remember why. As a scientist, I found the guide especially helpful, as most guides to academia are written with humanities professors in mind. While this book is applicable to careers in both the sciences and humanities, it doesn't overlook some of the fundamental differences between the fields in how the system "works".
Book Description
Real Solutions and Advice from the Teaching Trenches
Many begin teaching because of a desire to make a difference. But faced with everyday challenges of the classroom, this idealism is often lost. The fact is, teaching is not easy. While there are many personal rewards, teachers must satisfy many constituencies, including students, parents, and administrators. But by being prepared and organized, you can ensure that your first year is fulfilling and productive for both you and your students.
Your First Year as an Elementary School Teacher provides practical solutions to the most common and difficult issues of teaching. Inside is everything you need to know to create an atmosphere of cooperation, learning, and respect within your classroom. Use this helpful book as your mentor and enjoy your first year as a teacher.
Have a successful first year by knowing how to:
·Reach, teach, and have fun with your students
·Create an interesting and interactive classroom environment
·Manage and find new ways to help difficult students
·Develop positive relationships with parents and administrators
·Organize your day to stay on top of the curriculum and grading
·Develop effective and engaging lesson plans
"This complete book is the first thing principals should hand to their new teachers. It has it all!
— Angela Kleinberg, reading specialist, Washington School
Customer Reviews:
Must have book for Beginning/New Teachers.......2006-07-30
I don't understand why some buyers gave such low reviews for this book. I think the book is FANTASTIC!!! I graduated in 2003 with a Masters In Education but never completed my Student Teaching so I decided not to pursue a career in Teaching. Recently I've decided to rethink my career choices and I'm in the process of obtaining a Provisional License (once I've taught for one academic year, I can apply for a state license. The Provisional License is used in lieu of Student Teaching). This book was a very detailed refresher for me. It explains everything you need to know. The information is so helpful, easy to understand and useful, a definite 'must have' for first year teachers. It is the best Teachers 'handbook' I've read so far. I can't wait to implement the many practical ideas/suggestions outlined in the book. If you are a new teacher, this book is well worth the investment.
very useful!!.......2006-05-17
I have read and re-read this book. It helped me tremendously to go through it before my interview.
Okay, but not great.......2003-04-30
I ordered this along with Harry Wong's First Days of School as something to give my student teacher. I was not impressed with this book. For $7, get Harry Wong's.
This book does contain some useful information, but it's an easy read, with really very little substance. Much of the information is common sense (like what supplies to keep at your desk, or how to make friends with the office staff). In most cases, this information is given out during student-teaching, college courses, or the district induction program. It contains very little in terms of setting expectations, dealing with crises, organization, etc.
If you do choose to get this book, I hope it would be one of many you'd read.
Your First Year As an Elementary School Teacher : Making the.......2001-07-03
This is a fantastic book! I am a business professional looking to switching careers and go into elementary education, and this book was exactly what I needed to give me a heads up on what my first year as an elementary school teacher would be like. It's well-written, easy to read, and contains lots of tid bits of information that I never would have thought of! If you're considering elementary school teaching as a career, you have to read this book! I'm reading it now before I start my teaching licensure classes, and I'll read it again right before I start my first year of teaching. This book helped me to realize that I really do want to become a teacher.
how-to vs. reference book.......2001-06-07
This is very similar to "Your First Year as a High School Teacher." I think that the authors were trying too hard to make this a how-to book, when it should be regarded instead as a reference book.
What I mean is, the book spells out everything a new teacher has to think about, from discipline, to lesson plans, to staff relations, to supplies, etc. etc. etc. I don't think it really succeeds as a how-to book, though. If you want something like that, start with Harry Wong's "First Days of School" instead. This book might be handy next to your dictionary and thesaurus as a reference guide, though.
The numerous sidebars are what set apart this book from some others. "From the desk of..." provides nice anecdotes and stories. Sometimes it's nice to know that other teachers have also laughed and cried their way through their first years. "Making the grade" points to numerous excellent online resources. Let me stress how good their resources are - this is truly where you could the best use from this book. The "Teaching terms" are a bit condescending (What first-year teacher doesn't know what a 'school assembly' or a 'grade book' is? If there are a lot, we are all in big trouble!).
On the whole, I think first-year teachers will be able to use snippets of this book. But unless you are a subsitute looking for a "crash course" approach to the profession, I think you will be a bit disappointed if you read this book cover to cover.
Book Description
This concise guide helps both pre-service and in-service teachers face the challenges of creating effective, disciplined classrooms by presenting a positive, helpful approach to dealing with misbehavior. Written in a practical, "teacher-friendly" style, this material helps teachers encourage cooperation, deal effectively with misbehavior, and promote positive attitudes in the classroom, ultimately leading to a stronger learning environment. Promotes helpfulness as a fundamental quality of truly effective discipline. This text offers brief chapters on specific topics to illustrate information in manageable portions. The Author focuses on helpful discipline strategies that include strong emphasis on ethics, student needs, collaboration, positive working relationships, communication, and addressing the causes of misbehavior. The book proposes clear, practical strategies for working with difficult students, controlling a classroom, and keeping students on task. Helpful reminders, suggestions, end of chapter questions for self-improvement and activities for self-improvement focus readers on critical issues. Pre-service and In-service educators looking to build their classroom management skills and incorporate effective discipline strategies into their classroom.
Customer Reviews:
For teachers who need to keep order in the classroom.......2002-10-07
Essential Elements Of Effective Discipline by C. M. Charles provides an informed and informative examination and analysis of the difficulties of instilling responsible, positive discipline within young people. Written specifically for teachers who need to keep order in the classroom, yet also applicable to parents and other supervisors of school-age children, Essential Elements Of Effective Discipline covers building working relationships, understanding the types and causes of misbehavior, addressing the causes and directly preventing misbehavior, and much more. Essential Elements Of Effective Discipline is a "must-read" for anyone charged with the responsibility of classroom instruction.
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- great topics when you don't have time to plan
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Customer Reviews:
great topics when you don't have time to plan.......2006-06-02
I have this book and use it as a school social worker a lot with my 5th and 6th grade students. I'd say it is appropriate for 5th through 12th. When I don't have time to plan I grab this book! There are detailed lessons for discussing lots and lots of important topics. The other "Talk with Teens" book is also very good. I recommend them both!
teen groups.......2000-06-28
Talk with Teens is an interesting and helpful book for people who work with teen groups or who would like to. It is written in an easy to read format, helpful to a layperson, counselor, or social worker. Great tips are given on setting up new groups and following through. Topics, questions and worksheets are helpful to those who are already doing groups and need something different.
Book Description
"Relationship building is key to the successful mentoring and teaching of today's youth. This book is an indispensable reference for both students in teacher education programs and experienced classroom teachers."
—David Capuzzi, Scholar in Residence, Counseling and Human Services, Johns Hopkins University
Integrate counseling and consulting skills into your daily teaching roles!
By necessity, today's teachers do much more than deliver instruction. In the classroom, on the playground, or even in the parking lot, teachers are often called upon to respond quickly and appropriately to students' social and emotional needs, drawing from instinct more than anything else.
In this second edition of the bestselling
Counseling Skills for Teachers, Jeffrey and Ellen Kottler expertly guide preservice and inservice teachers to be effective helpers in the context of today's most common challenges, highlighting issues related to homelessness, grief and loss, and bullying and harassment.The book also discusses:
- Responding to a range of behaviors in formal and informal school settings
- Building a culture of tolerance and respect in the classroom
- Motivating disengaged students
- Communicating effectively with counseling professionals and parents
With an entirely new chapter on "Counseling Yourself," the book offers teachers surefire techniques for taking better care of themselves and the students in their schools.
Customer Reviews:
A helpful tool for teachers........2000-05-01
This book serves as a useful tool for teachers designed to enhance their human relations and therapeutic counseling skills so they might better meet the personal, social, educational and vocational needs of children and adoloscents.
Customer Reviews:
A guide to successful mentoring relationships.......2000-04-19
I read parts of this book on the web site of the National Academy Press and decided to order a hardcopy. This is a useful guide for anyone involved in (or contemplating) a career in higher education. The book is a well-organized collection of advice on mentoring undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students and junior faculty. It also addresses issues related to cultural bias, sexual harassment, and thesis planning. The guide features a long discussion on career prospects and career planning for students in science and engineering, with a set of examples of non-academic careers.
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