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Teaching From the Deep End
Succeeding With Today's Classroom Challenges

Second Edition

Foreword by Gregory Michie



March 2014 | 168 pages | Corwin
Beginning and veteran teachers alike can dive into the deep end of todayÆs classroom challenges with this handy and entertaining guide.áCombining theory and anecdotes,áthis updated edition of the bestseller highlights more insightful principles for educators. The second edition of Teaching From the Deep End encourages teachers to think about their profession and teaching persona andáto think about school politics, ethics, and a host of other issues. The author invitesáyouáto enter the classroom with a passion formed by knowing what you want to accomplish, seeing those around you in order to begin properly, planning to bring your students to knowledge and understanding, and anticipating challenges to that plan. New in this edition are: Tips on the job searchWorking with colleagues and parentsSuggestions for navigating school politicsáWays to surviveáa culture of testmania
 
Foreword to the Second Edition by Gregory Michie
 
Preface
 
About the Author
 
Part One: Getting There
 
1. The Teaching Profession: What Are You Doing and Why Are You Doing It?
 
2. Perception During the Job Search
 
3. Your Educational Philosophy: Creating Your Teaching Tenets
 
4. Reflective Writing Exercises for New and Veteran Teachers
 
5. Remember the Paul Potts Principle: It Is So (If You Think So)
 
Part Two: Being There
 
6. The Classroom: Where the Teacher's Path and the Student's Path Converge
 
7. The Teacher's Words: You Can Heal and You Can Harm
 
8. The Teaching Persona: Who You Are When You're Standing up There at the Big Desk
 
9. Working With Colleagues: Being a Team Player
 
10. Dealing With School Hierarchy and Politics
 
11. Don't Make Things Worse: Avoiding Deficit Views of Children
 
12. A Pep Talk About Parents
 
13. Seven Yin-Yang Blunders to Avoid
 
Part Three: Staying There
 
14. Classroom Ethics: 68 What-If's That Will Make Any Teacher Say "Yikes!"
 
15. Major Stresses in the Teaching Profession: Why You Must Remain a Teacher
 
16. The Paperwork Can Kill You
 
17. Living in Testmania
 
Part Four: Bringing Others There
 
18. Creating Programs for Teacher Preparation: The Programs of the Golden Apple Foundation in Illinois
 
Epilogue: Group Hug
 
References
 
Index

"Belmonte reminds us that teaching is not always about what you teach, but how and why you teach. He asks teachers to become reflective practitioners who work with students, not for them, and that makes all the difference. Students turn into producers of knowledge, and teachers into artisans molding that beautiful vision with this philosophy of education."

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. Teaching from the Deep End has story and heart. It also has a clear connection to the underbelly of the teaching and learning process; the author pushes those who teach to be more attuned to being consciously competent and not simply accidentally adequate. I learned a lot!"

Barrie Bennett, Professor of Education
OISE/University of Toronto

"This book reframes the essence of what teaching is essentially about. The author provokes readers to think about their intentions and focuses on passion for teaching, the importance of knowing self, and the necessity of being cognizant of how bias and the use of language impact our work with students."

Sue Elliott, Teacher Counselor/Staff Developer
West Vancouver School District, BC, Canada

"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

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ISBN: 9781412965620
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