The Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Teachers
The Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Teachers

Author: Allan G. Osborne, Jr.

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2011-04-04

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1452239118

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Now teachers have an absolute desk reference that could be called ′How to Stay in the Classroom and Out of the Courtroom!" —John Casper, District Achievement Gap Coordinator Kentucky Department of Education "Reading this book is the next best thing to taking a class on education law. It could well serve as the resource for such a class!" —Deanna Brunlinger, Science Teacher Elkhorn Area High School, WI Everything teachers need to know about education law Do you know what you can and can′t do and say in your school? Most teacher education programs offer little, if any, instruction on education law. When teachers need advice regarding employment or instructional issues, they may find the search frustrating, time-consuming, or costly. Teachers will find the answers to their most frequently asked legal questions in this easy-to-read book. Key topics include: Certification, tenure, evaluation, and dismissal Collective bargaining and teacher contracts Constitutional rights of teachers Discrimination and harassment Academic freedom Grading policy and integrity of student records Copyright law Safety Also covered are tort liability, teachers′ responsibilities regarding the safety and well-being of their students, and teachers′ protection from defamation. Educators will find practical suggestions, vignettes, and summaries of judicial opinions with real-world applications. Don′t wait for a problem to arise. Read this book and be prepared.

Recruiting and Educating the Best Teachers: Policy, Professionalism and Pedagogy
Recruiting and Educating the Best Teachers: Policy, Professionalism and Pedagogy

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-11-08

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9004506659

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book demonstrates that policy, professionalism, and pedagogy are integral to the development of the best teachers that our students deserve. The empirical quantitative and qualitative studies and narratives presented in this volume demonstrate that strong analyses are needed to drive decisions on policy and practice.

Leaving the Classroom
Leaving the Classroom

Author: Michelle Stimpson

Publisher:

Published: 2013-07-03

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9781484192429

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

It's okay to change your mind about teaching. Fortunately, with advances in technology and employers hungry for the skills that teachers hone through their everyday routines, educators who wish to exit the classroom now have viable, fulfilling options for alternative employment. If you've honestly lost the will to return to your classroom, it's important for you-and perhaps more important for students-that you settle down with this short book and think through your options. After reading the author's perspective, you may find that teaching in the classroom is still the best fit for you. Or not. Either way, you'll have some guidance for your next steps toward fulfillment in your chosen career.Bestselling novelist Michelle Stimpson has taught English and math in public elementary, middle, and high schools. She endured both confusion and a sense of loss when she walked away from the system many of us have been in since pre-school. But after a string of experiences in corporate America, Michelle finally found her groove writing books and training English teachers. She hopes to help other educators find their best fit as well.

Launch a Teaching Career
Launch a Teaching Career

Author: Peter P. Leibman

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-06-09

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1475817088

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This is the perfect time to become a full-time teacher and yet too many college graduates who majored in education, or corporate workers looking to transition to teaching, cannot secure a teaching position. Where are the opportunities? How do you market yourself appropriately? In Launch a Teaching Career: Secrets for Aspiring Teachers, Dr. Peter Leibman explains in great detail how to avoid the resume pile, enhance your candidacy, and move to the head of the class. A step-by-step plan of action is presented giving you a comprehensive guide to achieve your goal of becoming a teacher. You will learn how to: • Build a positive reputation as an undergraduate student • Effectively transition from the corporate world • Develop a powerful network of supporters • Write a dynamic broadcast letter designed to get you more interviews • Avoid resume pitfalls and present yourself in a professional manner • Ace the interview by taking control • Learn where the job opportunities really are • Enhance your position and impress school administrators

Changing Expectations for the K-12 Teacher Workforce
Changing Expectations for the K-12 Teacher Workforce

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2020-07-10

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0309499038

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Teachers play a critical role in the success of their students, both academically and in regard to long term outcomes such as higher education participation and economic attainment. Expectations for teachers are increasing due to changing learning standards and a rapidly diversifying student population. At the same time, there are perceptions that the teaching workforce may be shifting toward a younger and less experienced demographic. These actual and perceived changes raise important questions about the ways teacher education may need to evolve in order to ensure that educators are able to meet the needs of students and provide them with classroom experiences that will put them on the path to future success. Changing Expectations for the K-12 Teacher Workforce: Policies, Preservice Education, Professional Development, and the Workplace explores the impact of the changing landscape of K-12 education and the potential for expansion of effective models, programs, and practices for teacher education. This report explores factors that contribute to understanding the current teacher workforce, changing expectations for teaching and learning, trends and developments in the teacher labor market, preservice teacher education, and opportunities for learning in the workplace and in-service professional development.

Teachers Have it Easy
Teachers Have it Easy

Author: Dave Eggers

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-07-19

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 145878438X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Since its initial publication and multiple reprints in hardcover in 2005, Teachers Have It Easy has attracted the attention of teachers nationwide, appearing on the New York Times extended bestseller list, C-SPAN, and NPR's Marketplace, in additio...

Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers
Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers

Author: Conra D. Gist

Publisher: American Educational Research Association

Published: 2022-10-15

Total Pages: 1167

ISBN-13: 093530293X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers are underrepresented in public schools across the United States of America, with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color making up roughly 37% of the adult population and 50% of children, but just 19% of the teaching force. Yet research over decades has indicated their positive impact on student learning and social and emotional development, particularly for Students of Color and Indigenous Students. A first of its kind, the Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers addresses key issues and obstacles to ethnoracial diversity across the life course of teachers’ careers, such as recruitment and retention, professional development, and the role of minority-serving institutions. Including chapters from leading researchers and policy makers, the Handbook is designed to be an important resource to help bridge the gap between scholars, practitioners, and policy makers. In doing so, this research will serve as a launching pad for discussion and change at this critical moment in our country’s history. The volume’s goal is to drive conversations around the issue of ethnoracial teacher diversity and to provide concrete practices for policy makers and practitioners to enable them to make evidence-based decisions for supporting an ethnoracially diverse educator workforce, now and in the future.

Education to Better Their World
Education to Better Their World

Author: Marc Prensky

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0807774944

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In his most visionary book, internationally renowned educator Marc Prensky presents a compelling alternative to how and what we teach our children. Drawing on emerging world trends, he elaborates a comprehensive vision for K–12 education that includes new goals, new means, a new curriculum, a new kind of teaching, and a new use of technology. “Marc Prensky—one of the smartest people working in educational reform today—offers us a lucid, inspiring, optimistic, doable, and crucial blueprint for how we can build a future with the schools children desperately need in our modern, high-risk, highly complex, fast-changing, and imperiled world.” —James Paul Gee, Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies, Regents’ Professor, Arizona State University “Marc Prensky was always ahead of his time. Education to better their world continues this trend in spades. This book is a goldmine and a powerful wakeup call that the future is already here—in pockets right now but a harbinger of what is rapidly emerging. Read the book and make yourself part of the future today. As we are finding in our own work, students are agents of change—in pedagogy, in learning environments, and of society itself. Exciting possibilities await!” —Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus, OISE/University of Toronto “Marc Prensky’s answer to the question ‘What is the purpose of education?’—that education should now empower youth to improve their communities and the world—would unleash the energy, creativity, and compassion of students and teachers in ways we have never imagined. We need the better world Prensky envisions and we need it now.” —Milton Chen, The George Lucas Educational Foundation “Prensky offers perhaps the most compelling case and model yet articulated by anyone for today’s globally-empowered children. A must-read book for all educators and anyone who cares about education.” —James Tracey, Head of School, Rocky Hill School, RI “Wow. As a takeaway it is good—very good.” —John Seeley Brown “A great book. Filled with ‘food for thought’, common sense, provocative ideas and fun to read.” —Nieves Segovia, Presidenta, Institucion Educativa SEK (SEK International Schools)