Secrets for Secondary School Teachers (31 page)

passivity,
31

questioning act,
31

religion,
31

SES background,
32

Substitutes:

lesson plans,
168
-
169

meeting,
165

necessity of,
165

preparing for,
xiii

providing information to,
166
-
168
,
170
-
171

report,
172

Summative assessment,
xiii
,
64

Support groups, teacher,
xiv

developing,
181
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182

online,
xiv
,
182

Support system, teacher,
155
-
156
,
184

Suspension lists,
86

Tactile-kinesthetic learners,
35
,
36

teaching strategies,
36

Teacher experiences, phases of,
182

Teacher qualities:

calm,
49

enthusiastic,
48

firm,
49

good sense of humor,
48
,
49

poised,
49

warm/caring,
48

Teacher’s aides,
82

“Teacher’s Handbook,”
4
-
5
,
8
,
87

Team teaching,
161

Technology, use of,
4
.
See also
E-mail; Internet

Testing results input, lesson planning and,
75
-
76
.
See also
Assessment; Criterion-referenced tests; Norm-referenced tests

Tests:

creating,
77

grading,
77

See also
Criterion-referenced tests; Norm-referenced tests; Tests, written

Tests, written,
65
-
66

essay,
66

fill-in-the-blank,
66

grading,
66

matching items,
65

multiple choice,
65

publisher-created,
66

short-answer questions,
66

tips for creating,
65
-
66

true/false,
65

Textbook correlation,
59

Time management,
xiii
,
88
-
89

mentor help with,
89

prioritizing work,
89

scheduling,
89

setting realistic deadlines,
89

“Things To Do” list,
88
-
89

Title
IX
,
33

Tramline Volcano Field Trip,
98

Traveling,
186

Traveling teachers:

emergency activities,
24

materials/supplies,
xiii
,
23
-
24

open communication,
24

prompt class end,
24

prompt class start,
24

Trust,
30
,
31

Unit assessments,
64

developing,
6

group,
6

Unit planning,
xiii
,
58
,
59
-
60

Unsatisfactory progress report forms,
86

“Virtual field trips,”
98

Visibility/accessibility, teacher,
106
-
107
,
114

Vision of class:

describing to students,
48

Visual learners,
35
,
36

teaching strategies,
36

Visually impaired/blind students,
34

Wall displays,
19
-
20
.
See also
Bulletin boards

Wiggins, G.,
60

Withdrawals, student,
86

Workload, reducing,
80
-
83

Work space, organizing,
xiii
,
87
-
88

completed student work box/file,
87

daily use items,
87

lesson/transparency

storage,
88

occasionally used items,
87
-
88

reference items,
87

space issue,
88

World Wise Schools,
97