Download or read book Preschool Director s Survival Guide written by Rebecca Graff and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1990 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cut through all the paperwork & planning involved in running a preschool with this complete resource, including personnel forms, budget materials, & more.
Download or read book A Survival Guide for the Preschool Teacher written by Jean R. Feldman and published by Addison Wesley. This book was released on 1991 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are practical guidelines and step-by-step techniques for organizing and implementing a successful preschool program. Included are strategies and reproducibles for classroom management, curricula planning, learning centers, storytelling, nutrition and cooking and more.
Download or read book From Survive to Thrive written by Debbie LeeKeenan and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theory meets practical tips in this guide for leaders of early childhood programs
Download or read book Practical Solutions to Practically Every Problem written by Steffen Saifer and published by Redleaf Press. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedic how-to guide for the universal early childhood program problems. Practical Solutions to Practically Every Problem attempts to provide solutions to every possible problem faced by early childhood teachers—before teachers encounter them. This classic resource has been updated to focus on current issues faced by educators, including teaching twenty-first century life skills, technology, and cultural responsiveness. This easy-to-use guide gives you quick practical help, now! Educators will save time and energy with over eight hundred solutions to two hundred problems, including: Daily dilemmas and classroom issues Partnering with families to raise happy children Dealing with problematic behaviors from co-workers Learning to take care of yourself to prevent burn-out Steffen Saifer, EdD, a former early childhood teacher and Head Start director and trainer, is currently an international consultant and writer based in Spain. He has worked on projects for the Open Society Foundation, The World Bank, and UNICEF, in many countries including Bangladesh, Russia, and Zimbabwe. Dr. Saifer works with programs on culturally responsive curriculum development and implementation and with universities to develop graduate programs for ECD teachers, administrators, and leaders. When in the United States, Saifer resides in Portland, Oregon
Download or read book Solutions for Early Childhood Directors written by Kathy H. Lee and published by Gryphon House, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Solutions for Early Childhood Directors "provides real-world answers for directors who work in the challenging and rewarding field of early childhood education. Kathy Lee's -extensive experience as a director and trainer -offers practical solutions to problems that arise every day for directors. She -addresses key issues, such as training staff, handling discipline, dealing with parents, and creating partnerships in the community. For anyone who is a director or wishes to someday become a director, this book is the -ultimate "can't-do-without-it" survival kit. As a former director and teacher, Kathy Lee now facilitates training of early childhood teachers, directors, administrators, and parents worldwide.
Download or read book The Principal s Survival Guide written by Susan Stone Kessler and published by Free Spirit Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hands-on school leadership guide for new and veteran principals and administrators offers practical advice for leading a school successfully. Want honest student input? Try texting. Got a group of angry parents? Arrange one-on-one meetings—you’ll avoid a mob scene and give each family the attention it deserves. Trying to make a teacher feel appreciated? Shoot a quick email after stopping by his classroom and describe something cool you saw him do. It takes ten seconds but has a big impact. These tips and hundreds more are the collective wisdom of three experienced principals who know how to connect with kids, staff, families, and stakeholders, and help students succeed.
Download or read book The Survival Guide for New Special Education Teachers written by Catherine Creighton Martin and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers practical guidance on such topics as roles and responsibilities, school environment and culture, classroom organization and management, collaboration with other professionals, and individual professional development.
Download or read book Lessons Learned written by Jeannie Podest and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is something absolutely magical about a child who is embarking on the amazing journey called kindergarten. They are so innocent, pure, and impressionable. They are at an incredible stage in their livesso young, yet so very ready. This book was written as a gift to parents whose children are at this wonderful stage. My intention is to share with you every insight that I have gained as a mother and as a teacher. Whether this is your first child going into kindergarten or your last childeven if youve had a gap in time where you havent been in a kindergarten classroom for a whilethis book is for you. Enjoy!
Download or read book First Year Teacher s Survival Guide written by Julia G. Thompson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-selling First Year Teacher's Survival Kit gives new teachers a wide variety of tested strategies, activities, and tools for creating a positive and dynamic learning environment while meeting the challenges of each school day. Packed with valuable tips, the book helps new teachers with everything from becoming effective team players and connecting with students to handling behavior problems and working within diverse classrooms. The new edition is fully revised and updated to cover changes in the K-12 classroom over the past five years. Updates to the second edition include: • New ways teachers can meet the professional development requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act • Entirely new section on helping struggling readers, to address the declining literacy rate among today’s students • Expanded coverage of helpful technology solutions for the classroom • Expanded information on teaching English Language Learners • Greater coverage of the issues/challenges facing elementary teachers • More emphasis on how to reach and teach students of poverty • Updated study techniques that have proven successful with at-risk students • Tips on working effectively within a non-traditional school year schedule • The latest strategies for using graphic organizers • More emphasis on setting goals to help students to succeed • More information on intervening with students who are capable but choose not to work • Updated information on teachers’ rights and responsibilities regarding discipline issues • Fully revised Resources appendix including the latest educational Web sites and software
Download or read book Preschool Survival Guide written by Paul MacKie and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does the Preschool Survival Guide do? The Preschool Survival Guide PART 1 The Basics is designed to help parents and preschool teachers manage child development and workday stress; provide meaningful day activities for preschool children and children with disabilities in a play-based way.The Preschool Survival Guide Part 2 Setting Up The Play-Based Developmental Environment, provides pre-school children with developmental movements science says they need in the first seven years of life.This guide shows you what developmental activities to use for each stage of a preschool child's development, up to the age of 5 years. What are the possibilities from using the Preschool Survival Guide? A 3-minute exercise to start your day. How to focus and manage workday stress in the moment. Recognizing preschool child stages of development. What developmental activities to use for each stage of a child's development. How to present developmental movements to preschool children. How to be energized and feel motivated. Managing preschool children's behaviors. What questions to ask when applying for a preschool childcare position. What questions to ask when taking your child to a preschool interview. Starting and operating a childcare program. Conflict Resolution and other policies a preschool teacher needs to know. Answers to the most common questions when dealing with preschool children. Avoid burn-out in the workplace, or when taking care of children. Increased self-esteem in preschool children. Increased self-control in yourself and preschool children. Calms and relaxes children and adults. Create a calm and relaxed learning environment. A way to handle workplace and child development conflicts. Make changes in a child's routine easier. Help children be more self directing. Empower parents and teachers to make a difference in their children's growth. What does a good daycare or preschool program look like? Generally, a good daycare or preschool program will have: Activities that are age, stage and individually appropriate for preschool children. A play-based child development curriculum. Qualified and trained staff. A safe indoor play area according to local preschool laws or policies. A safe outdoor play area according to local preschool laws or policies. A building health and safety procedure. A food and nutrition policy. A hygiene and disinfecting procedure. A children's health, medication, abuse reporting, and injury policy. Supervision of children, group size and staff ratio of children policy. Appropriate child sized equipment and furniture. Staff qualifications required and job description policy. A staff employment manual. Staff criminal record checks. A parent policy and procedure manual. Food and meal preparation procedure. A children's behavior management policy. A parent participation committee.
Download or read book Kindergarten Teacher s Survival Guide written by Elizabeth Crosby Stull and published by Addison Wesley. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 100 activities, this guide enriches reading readiness, language development, children's literature, math, science, social studies, art, music, drama, and PE.
Download or read book The Child Care Director s Complete Guide written by Christine A. Schmidt and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The step-by-step guide to becoming an effective and successful child care director or administrator in today's early childhood education environment
Download or read book A Survival Guide for New Faculty Members written by Jeffrey P. Bakken and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2011 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Survival Guide for New Faculty Members: Outlining the Keys to Success for Promotion and Tenure provides new faculty members with practical, down-to-earth wisdom and suggestions for successfully working through to tenure and promotion. The authors, both successful and experienced administrators and experts in higher education, have provided an extremely well-organized and useful guide for new faculty members. It focuses on all aspects of becoming a new faculty member including the various expectations in completing a successful journey toward promotion and tenure. The book underscores the importance of recognizing the three facets of faculty life of teaching, research, and service. This volume clearly sets out, compares, and separates those three components with clarity and provides very useful advice for putting the three together. Taken together with the chapters on 'Documenting Your Progress' and 'Promotion and Tenure, ' new faculty are provided with a solid, practical introduction to building a foundation for success in higher education. Feedback and tips are also provided within each chapter. It is written in a style that readers will be able to easily comprehend and understand and is supported with many examples. In addition, the information can be easily applied to new faculty at various types of institutions of higher education."--EBL book details.
Download or read book The Survival Kit for the Elementary School Principal written by Abby Barry Bergman and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2010-02-26 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I wish I′d had this useful desktop guide to help me through the challenges of my early years and as a reference guide for the later years. The authors have done a remarkable job of anticipating the daily needs of principals and offering practical suggestions that can be used within minutes! This book is eminently useful, up-to-date, and full of rich professional perspectives." —Ella Reiss Urdang, Elementary Principal Tenafly, NJ Public Schools "The school leader′s position is often the loneliest position in any school, but this excellent resource is the equivalent of having a mentor 24/7. This book should accompany all newly appointed school leaders into their new positions." —Neil MacNeill, Principal Ellenbrook Primary School, WA, Australia Creative, real-world approaches for responding to the fast-changing demands of school leadership! Designed for the busy administrator, The Survival Kit for the Elementary School Principal addresses daily challenges faced by all elementary school principals and offers expert solutions for virtually any leadership or administrative issue. Based on the authors′ extensive experiences in public and private schools, this easy-to-use kit includes time-saving forms, sample letters, charts, and checklists for successful day-to-day school administration. The book is a complete desktop reference with solutions for immediate problems or challenges. The authors′ pragmatic, tested strategies assist readers with: Systems thinking Negotiating the maze of NCLB requirements Using data to inform practice Understanding the key role that new technologies play in schools Succeeding as leaders, arbitrators, evaluators, disciplinarians, and more Gathering support through positive parent and community relations Suitable for diverse settings and school sizes, this comprehensive resource is a virtual library of essential information and support for effective elementary school leadership. All forms, letters, and checklists available online upon publication.
Download or read book The ESL ELL Teacher s Survival Guide written by Larry Ferlazzo and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A much-needed resource for teaching English to all learners The number of English language learners in U.S. schools is projected to grow to twenty-five percent by 2025. Most teachers have English learners in their classrooms, from kindergarten through college. The ESL/ELL Teacher?s Survival Guide offers educators practical strategies for setting up an ESL-friendly classroom, motivating and interacting with students, communicating with parents of English learners, and navigating the challenges inherent in teaching ESL students. Provides research-based instructional techniques which have proven effective with English learners at all proficiency levels Offers thematic units complete with reproducible forms and worksheets, sample lesson plans, and sample student assignments The book?s ESL lessons connect to core standards and technology applications This hands-on resource will give all teachers at all levels the information they need to be effective ESL instructors.
Download or read book The Survival Guide for Making and Being Friends written by James J. Crist and published by Free Spirit Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every kid’s must-have primer for being a good friend. Whether kids find socializing as natural as smiling or as hard as learning a new language, this book can help them improve their social skills so they can better enjoy the benefits of friendship. Practical advice covers everything from breaking the ice to developing friendships to overcoming problems and being a good friend. True-to-life vignettes, “what would you do?” scenarios, voluminous examples, quizzes to test learning, “Try This” assignments for practicing techniques, and advice from real kids make this an accessible life-skills handbook. Survival Guides for Kids Helping Kids Help Themselves® Straightforward, friendly, and loaded with practical advice, the Free Spirit Survival Guides for Kids give kids the tools they need to not only survive, but thrive. With plenty of realistic examples and bright illustrations, they are accessible, encouraging, kid-friendly, and even life-changing.
Download or read book Ready for Kindergarten written by Deborah J Stewart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give your child a running start into kindergarten! "Deborah helps parents see how simple, experiential, even play-based activities that are easily woven into a child's and parent's day can help make a difference." - Rae Pica, cofounder of BAM Radio Network: The Education Station and author of A Running Start: How Play, Physical Activity, and Free Time Create a Successful Child It's time to prepare your child for kindergarten success! An essential guide to the upcoming school year, Ready for Kindergarten! provides you ways to help your son or daughter start off on the right foot. Filled with hundreds of fun activities to practice throughout the day, this book helps you gain valuable insight into your child's capabilities as well as foster the behaviors and skills she needs to have before the big day. From reciting his home address and communicating his feelings to learning how to display good sportsmanship, each activity will boost your child's confidence and set him up for a happy and successful kindergarten experience. With Ready for Kindergarten!, you will not only prepare your child for school, but you will also be able to confidently choose an education path that fits his or her needs.
