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Introduction |
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Section 1 Preparing for the Start of School |
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2 Know Your Standards before the School Year Begins |
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5 Don't Spend Your Check before You Earn It |
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Section 2 Starting the School Year |
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7 Have Reasonable Expectations |
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8 Start Them Right into Content in an Engaging Way |
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9 Ice Breakers Are a Death Sentence |
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10 Accessing Online Platforms |
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12 Find Out Who the Friends Are and Move Them |
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Section 3 Making Your Workload More Manageable |
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17 Keeping Up with Grading |
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21 Stay Organized and Write Everything Down |
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Section 4 Establishing Student Routines |
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22 Collecting Student Work |
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23 Handing Back Student Work |
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25 Behaviors Requiring Routines |
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Section 5 Dealing with Administration |
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26 Don't Panic when They Call (Or Email) |
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27 Informal Walk-Throughs |
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Section 6 Communicating with Students, Parents, and Administration |
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31 Using Mass-Text Alert Systems |
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Section 7 Optimizing Interpersonal Skills |
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33 Treat Your Students Like Rational Humans |
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35 Chronically Absent Students |
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Section 8 Thriving as an Educator |
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39 Choosing Your Work Tribe |
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40 Deciding Where You Eat Lunch |
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41 Know What You Can (and Cannot) Control |
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42 Using Your Time on Teacher Workdays |
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45 Good Teachers Are Always Students |
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46 Don't Let the Data Scare You |
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47 Polish Your Dragon Scales |
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Section 9 Increasing Student Engagement and Learning |
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50 Show Students the Work Means Something |
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53 Let Your Kids Struggle |
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54 Holy Sh*% Class Ended Early, Now What? |
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Section 10 Incorporating Reading and Writing |
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55 Reading Isn't Just for English Class |
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Section 11 Crossing the Digital Divide |
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57 Incorporating Technology |
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Section 12 Creating and Maintaining Your Work-Life Balance |
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61 Allow Yourself Time to Recharge |
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63 Censor Your Social Media |
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64 Don't Overshare with Your Students |
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Section 13 Ending the School Year |
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65 Don't Just Shove It All in a Box |
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68 Financially Surviving the Summer |
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For Further Reading |
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About the Authors |
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