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P.S. - there will be a lot you DON'T expect!
 * What to Expect **// (as a first year teacher) //
 * Chapter 14 **


 * Power Point from 10/23/13 **


 * What to Expect **
 * Teacher to Principal
 * Teacher to Teacher
 * Teacher to Student
 * Teacher to Parents


 * How to Survive: **
 * Tips for Success (Surviving the First Year)
 * Teacher Resources
 * Helpful articles



** WHAT TO EXPECT ** media type="custom" key="24165310"
 * TOP 10 Things You Didn't Learn about teaching in college. **

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 * 7 "Laws" of Teaching **

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 * Student - Teacher Relationships: Every Kid Needs a Champion **

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 * Partnering with Parents: ** Sometimes it's not as easy as it should be....

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 * Partnering with Parents: ** Listen for the things the teacher has been doing to help the student....

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 * Teacher Evaluations: ** What's Wrong with this Picture?

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 * Teacher Post Observation Meeting: ** Were they listening to each other?

** HOW TO SURVIVE: RESOURCES **
 * Planning for Instruction: Understanding by Design ** - The first handout is an overview of the process. The 2nd one is a more detailed version of the UbD process by the authors and creators of the process - Grant Wiggins & Jay McTighe


 * The upside to this process is that is a clear path to focus instruction that leads to deeper understanding.
 * The downside is that it takes a lot of upfront planning.
 * BUT another upside is that once the unit is planned (that includes the lessons too) then there is more time devoted to instruction. The unit can be used again in the future and will only require tweaks and modifications to be used with a different set of students.





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 * Planning for Instruction: ** // Understanding by Design - Music Video including the idea of Backwards Design //

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 * Differentiated Instruction: **
 * Adjusting instruction to meet the needs of learners.
 * Components: Assessment, Process; Product, Environment
 * Purposeful and intentional to achieve the desired learning goals.

**vickibwicki:** link to my wiki that includes DI videos & article resources

**Harry & Rosemary Wong:** Effective Teachers (excuse the scrolling commercial : - Relationships are important and are relatively easy to establish. media type="custom" key="24186710"

**Randy Sprick:** Establishing Expectations: //The Strike Zone// media type="custom" key="24186816"

**Randy Sprick:** //Making Mistakes in Correcting Behavior// (How to deal with these situations - enforcing expectations, anger, power struggles, trying to reach students, etc.) media type="custom" key="24186858"