Teaching Better Day by Day

"This book features tools to help you organize essential information (The Teacher's Homepage); track the time, money, and energy that school demands; understand and implement the Six Commitments that form the core of the Planner and your work as a teacher; establish both a personal and professional focus for the year ahead; and plan your typical week before the year begins-because to be well, teach well, and work well with others requires that you be well yourself. The 12-month calendar to help you sketch out or keep track of the year; the "Look Ahead" 12-month calendar where you can make notes for next year as you learn your way through the year at-hand; the "Look at the Big Picture" calendar, which encourages you to dream out the next five years of not your classes but your life. This book is designed to facilitate your preparation for the month ahead both personally and professionally by helping you take note of what is working well and what you need to work on; and, finally, a section dedicated specifically to managing your kids, classroom, and curriculum with a different emphasis and set of strategies you can employ each month"--