Teaching Sucks - But We Love It Anyway! a Little Insight Into the Profession You Think You Know
Teaching Sucks - But We Love It Anyway! a Little Insight Into the Profession You Think You Know

Author: Frank Stepnowski

Publisher: Outskirts Press

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781432799717

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The Fire Rises. And it is time for the voices of teachers to be heard. "I find it fascinating, and a bit insulting," confides Frank Stepnowski, the iconoclastic author of Why Are All the Good Teachers Crazy and S.C.R.E.W.E.D., An Educational Fairytale, "that so many people feel so enabled to criticize teachers. Folks get their homes repaired multiple times, but they don't automatically think they could be construction workers, plumbers, etc. People and their family members undergo surgeries and visit hospitals, but they don't instantly assume they could be doctors. I could go on and on and yet, because they went to school, or have children in school, legions of people feel like they know what it is to be a teacher. They're wrong; and the evidence is in both the children they send us, and the fact that they stand idle, ignorant to so many "educational" decisions being made about our children that could irreversibly damage future generations." Teaching Sucks - But We Love It is an unapologetic retaliation to those that would blame teachers exclusively for the ills that plague modern education, a wake-up call to the uninformed masses, and a love letter to those good teachers that continue to fight the good fight in the face of nearly insurmountable odds, in a nation that seems to increasingly devalue their importance.

What It's Really Like: Outrageous Stories from Teachers Around the Country
What It's Really Like: Outrageous Stories from Teachers Around the Country

Author: Jane Morris

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-14

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780578668086

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From the bestselling author of Teacher Misery, comes a collection of outrageous stories from other teachers. In this book you'll find a bit of everything including the usual helicopter parents and awful administration, horrendous student behavior with no consequences, and crazy-ass parents and their insane requests. But you'll also find weirdly entertaining stories about a little kid with a foot fetish, a group of teachers chasing a naked kid around the school parking lot, and two pregnant sisters fighting over the same baby daddy on the first day of school. There's plenty of gross stuff, like all the strange places kids put their poop and dirty maxi pads, a Barbie in a butthole, and kids who masturbate in class and hump desks. Unlike her other books, Morris included a sprinkling of tales that will break your heart and a few that will give you the warm and fuzzies we all need to keep going. This book is hilarious, shocking, heartwarming, sad, gross, and sometimes inspiring because that is what teaching is really like.

Real Talk for Real Teachers
Real Talk for Real Teachers

Author: Rafe Esquith

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-06-24

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0143125613

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The New York Times–bestselling author and world-renown teacher offers no-nonsense wisdom for teachers of all ages There’s no one teachers trust more to give them classroom advice than Rafe Esquith. After more than thirty years on the job, Esquith still puts in the countless classroom hours familiar to every dedicated educator. But where his New York Times bestseller Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire was food for a teacher’s mind, Real Talk for Real Teachers is food for a teacher’s soul. Esquith candidly tackles the three stages of life for the career teacher and offers encouragement to see them through the difficult early years, advice on mid-career classroom building, and novel ideas for longtime educators. With his trademark mix of humor, practicality, and boundless compassion, Esquith proves the perfect companion for teachers who need a quick pick-me-up, a long heart-to-heart, or just a momentary reminder that they’re not alone.

Teaching
Teaching

Author: Gerry Dee

Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0385677456

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A first-hand account of what Gerry Dee learned in his ten years as a teacher.

RETRIBUTION
RETRIBUTION

Author: Frank Stepnowski

Publisher: Outskirts Press

Published: 2017-10-11

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1478748680

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I will not remain silent any longer. As a teacher, I've heard what the corrupt politicians, enabling parents, cowardly administrators, misguided "education reformers," and anonymous online trolls have to say about me and my brothers and sisters in the education field. Now it's my turn. RETRIBUTION: A Teacher Strikes Back is the 4th iconoclastic offering from the author of Why Are All the Good Teachers Crazy, S.C.R.E.W.E.D., An Educational Fairytale, and Teaching Sucks, But We Love It.

What Keeps Teachers Going?
What Keeps Teachers Going?

Author: Sonia Nieto

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0807743119

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This book presents teaching as evolution, teaching as autobiography, teaching as love, and asks the question: What keeps teachers going in spite of everything?

Performance Pay for Teachers
Performance Pay for Teachers

Author: Edward Conrad Wragg

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0415324165

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The first widespread incentive pay scheme was initiated in UK schools in 2000. This book is the result of monitoring the whole process from its inception. The authors visited schools, observed lessons, and solicited the views and experiences of a large collection of teachers and headteachers. Their discoveries are presented in this lively book. They include the views of teachers who were successful in crossing the threshold, those who weren't and those who chose not to apply, and headteachers who had to make the decisions. The book focuses on the following schemes: * headteachers' experiences of training * the outcomes in their own school * their relationship with external assessors * their hopes and fears for the future * their assessment of the influence on classroom practice * what did teachers change and not change in their teaching as a result of performance management * what means they employed to further their own professional development. This timely book is a useful resource for anyone involved in education, whether it be a classroom teacher, headteacher, administrator or policy-maker.

Performance Pay for Teachers
Performance Pay for Teachers

Author: C. M. Wragg

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-09-10

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1134346883

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The first widespread incentive pay scheme was initiated in UK schools in 2000. This book is the result of monitoring the whole process from its inception. The authors visited schools, observed lessons, and solicited the views and experiences of a large collection of teachers and headteachers. Their discoveries are presented in this lively book. They include the views of teachers who were successful in crossing the threshold, those who weren't and those who chose not to apply, and headteachers who had to make the decisions. The book focuses on the following schemes: * headteachers' experiences of training * the outcomes in their own school * their relationship with external assessors * their hopes and fears for the future * their assessment of the influence on classroom practice * what did teachers change and not change in their teaching as a result of performance management * what means they employed to further their own professional development. This timely book is a useful resource for anyone involved in education, whether it be a classroom teacher, headteacher, administrator or policy-maker.

1-2-3 Magic for Teachers
1-2-3 Magic for Teachers

Author: Thomas Phelan

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2004-09-01

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1889140171

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Offering advice for teachers eager to develop better discipline in the classroom, this guide provides practical methods for eliminating disruptive behavior, encouraging productive work habits, and communicating with parents. Clear lessons and straightforward language reveal how to measure discipline in a classroom environment, as well as how to handle difficult situations, such as transition times, assemblies, lunchtime, and field trips. A separate chapter for school administrators explains how to support classroom teachers in creating discipline and how to evaluate those teachers.