Ebook: The Elementary / Middle School Counselor's Survival Guide

Get a good start in your new vocation -- Develop your professional expertise -- Become a valuable team player -- Organize your way to a great beginning -- Have a fantastic first day -- Connect with your students -- Design effective lessons -- Deliver effective instruction -- Evaluate your students' progress -- Motivate your students to succeed -- Help your students become successful learners -- Make the most of your instructional time -- Help struggling readers find success -- Manage your classroom through early intervention -- Handle behavior problems effectively -- Manage diversity in your classroom -- Troubleshoot twenty common problems.;[This book] offers beginning teachers a wide varsity of tested strategies, activities, and tools for creating a positive and dynamic learning environment while meeting the challenges of each school day. The book [also offers] ideas for helping teachers with everything from becoming effective team players and connecting with students to handling behavior problems and working within diverse classrooms.-Back cover.