Classroom Confidential

Discipline: Professional Resources

Copyright: 2004

Grade(s): K - 8

Delivery Method: Print

Province: National

Imprint: Heinemann

Author(s): Laurel Schmidt

Language(s): English

Classroom Confidential : The 12 Secrets of Great Teachers

Laurel Schmidt's gone on assignment, interviewing master educators, observing their classrooms, and uncovering the twelve secrets that all stand-out teachers share. The result, Classroom Confidential, is the ultimate paperback mentor for novices and veterans alike, an across-the-curriculum guidebook with the scoop on how best practices can make you a great teacher.

Brimming with practical instructional strategies, tips on classroom management, and hundreds of leads on teaching resources, all in a read-it-today-do-it-tomorrow format, Classroom Confidential dishes the goods on every aspect of successful teaching, including:

  • using multiple intelligences to master content standards
  • authentic reading and writing activities
  • inquiry-based instruction
  • teaching for social justice
  • reaching special-needs students
  • community as classroom
  • hands-on social studies projects
  • integrating the arts into academics.

Schmidt gives you everything you need to double or triple your instructional capabilities, including a step-by-step plan to improve parent-teacher communication, guidelines for avoiding burnout, and a do-it-yourself kit for creating a culture of success in your classroom.