Straight Talk About Classroom Teaching: Key Steps to Effective Teaching in Your First or Fiftieth Year

By Patrice Joseph

Straight Talk about Classroom Teaching offers straightforward, easy-to-follow techniques that will aid new and veteran teachers alike in creating and maintaining an effective classroom setting.

Author Patrice Joseph believes that students learn better and faster when they are fully engaged through effective teaching practices. In Straight Talk about Classroom Teaching, she provides a clear path to becoming an (even more) exceptional teacher. She offers concrete examples and insightful advice to inspire and motivate teachers to adopt and incorporate her proven teaching methods.

Josephs techniques are the product of more than twenty years of classroom teaching experience and have consistently yielded exceptional results. The techniques are presented clearly and succinctly, without the needless jargon and buzzwords that often litter the pages of instructional materials.

Whether you have been teaching for years or are just beginning your teaching career, Straight Talk about Classroom Teaching will help you achieve the goal of every educatorto create an atmosphere where real teaching and learning takes place.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Oct 25, 2010
• ISBN: 9781426938184

Patrice Joseph

Patrice Joseph was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is the youngest of four children born to O’Neil and Bessie Woods. She graduated from the historic Xavier University Preparatory High School. She holds a degree in elementary education from Dillard University of New Orleans, Louisiana, and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Xavier University of New Orleans, Louisiana. In addition to more than twenty years of classroom teaching experience, she is also a strong advocate for teachers and students. She has strong family ties and believes family comes first. Hurricane Katrina was an experience that put her family’s faith into action. The result was a family that was still intact, that was thankful for survival, and with an action plan for building the future.

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Straight Talk about

Classroom

Teaching

Key Steps to Effective Teaching

in Your First or Fiftieth Year

Patrice Joseph

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To my parents O’Neil and Bessie Woods for always motivating me to do my best at whatever I choose to do in life. Thank you for instilling in me the power of prayer and constantly reminding me that anything is possible if I’m willing to work for it.

Straight Talk about

Classroom

Teaching

Table of Contents

Author’s Note

Chapter One

Who Are You?

CHAPTER TWO

Know Your Craft

CHAPTER THREE

Teacher Commentary

CHAPTER FOUR

Inspire/Motivate

CHAPTER FIVE

Find the Balance

CHAPTER SIX

Is This the Profession for You?

CHAPTER SEVEN

Student Feedback

Author’s Note

I wanted this book to be an easy read. I want it to be a tool teachers can use no matter if you are a first year teacher or a veteran teacher. The purpose of this book is to serve as a guide to simple but best practices that will steer any teacher in a positive direction. This work is a result of my years of development and experience as a classroom teacher and leader.

There are many family members, teachers, principals and coworkers who are responsible for the success I’ve achieved as a teacher. They’ve coached me over the years and instilled in me solid teaching practices that are now embedded within me. Meaningful collaboration with teachers from various districts and solid work relationships also steered me in the direction to a successful teaching career.

Thousands of teachers around the world get up each and every day committed to teach. We don’t always get the credit we deserve. This is my 21st year of teaching and I wanted to devote some time giving advice about the profession I love.

Teaching is a