Classroom Under Construction offers practical ideas to enliven and enhance classroom instruction and celebrates the wonderful things teachers do to make a difference in the lives of their students. It's your own personal "workshop" in a book to improve teaching effectiveness.
You'll begin your "workshop" by writing a Haiku poem. This exercise will develop a personal teaching philosophy connecting your beliefs with decision making. Once a teaching philosophy is in place, a step-by-step plan will build a classroom of engaged learners.
Classroom Under Construction is now being utilized by school districts and university teacher tranining programs in America as a powerful instructional tool for beginning teachers and has received outstanding reviews on Amazon.com.
Each chapter provides workable ideas with examples for thoughtful and reflective teaching. The topics are varied, creatively presented, and speak directly to you, the classroom teacher:
| • Beliefs and Decision-Making • What’s in a Name? • Pouring the Foundation • Time Is Your Friend – And Your Foe • The Doctor Is In • Making the Grade |
• This Class Sucks |
Classroom Under Construction is an uplifting and entertaining book that provides a "blueprint" to create and sustain a viable classroom community.