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How can you help teens thrive now and for life? Support them as whole learners. Developing independence and shared responsibility. Collaborating and communicating effectively. Establishing valuable work habits. Harnessing emotions. Finding motivation. We all want teens to acquire these vital skills and engage meaningfully in academics. In this insightful and culturally responsive guide, Poliner and Benson integrate these lifelong skills into daily practices through • Practical applications for diverse populations in every class, advisory, team, or club • The latest research on best practices from adolescent psychology, neuroscience, mental health, and school climate • Tools for teachers, administrators, counselors, and parents to help teens succeed now and later in school, home, workplace, and community. Teaching the Whole Teen supports adolescents and adults within the school to thrive. “This treasure-trove of inventive, concrete ideas offers a gift to our profession.” Roland Barth, Educator “…the book to turn to when you are working with teens, when you desperately need help, when seeking solace.” John Hattie, Professor & Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute University of Melbourne “…explicitly addresses the unique needs of students of color, students from poverty, and immigrant students in ways that other books don’t; should be read by every middle and high school educator.” Zaretta Hammond, Educational Consultant “…manifests the best thinking in modern education” Rick Wormeli, Teacher, Writer, Education Consultant “What a treat to read! Every principal will benefit from reading it.” Thomas Hoerr, Emeritus Head New City School, St. Louis, MO
The Novice Teacher Comes Into the School
The Novice Teacher Comes Into the School
We placed this chapter at the end of the book to allow the needs of novice teachers to have the final word. If our schools are incubators of the nations’ future, then our fate is truly tied to the success or failure of our next generation of teachers. All the limitations and potentials of a school, at every layer, are magnified for novices; how we support them to persevere and thrive will mirror our success, or failure, to do the same for whole teens.
Teaching is an extremely complex task. To initially survive in the job, a new teacher must manage discipline, write lesson plans for every class every day, memorize the ...
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