Recipe for Great Teaching
11 Essential Ingredients
- Anita Moultrie Turner - Los Angeles Unified Schools
Foreword by Andrea Maxie
Classroom Management & Student Behaviour | Teacher Induction | Teaching Methods & Learning Styles
"Encourages creativity in the classroom not just to make the learning fun and interesting, but because real-life skills are what the students will need the most in order to become productive and successful adults."
—John Pieper, Fifth-Grade Teacher
Webster Stanley Elementary School, Oshkosh, WI
"Does for teachers what it suggests that teachers do for their students—give them the foundation and empower them to find and set their own course."
—Patricia Clark, First-Grade Teacher
Gotham Avenue School, Elmont, NY
Cook up a metaphoric classroom feast that will nourish your students for years to come!
In this well-seasoned book, charismatic educator Anita Moultrie Turner shows new teachers, veteran teachers, and staff developers how to blend 11 essential ingredients into effective and productive classrooms where all students can succeed. Easy to read and hard to put down, this Recipe for Great Teaching features:
- Classroom stories, quotations, and tasty servings of educational wit and wisdom
- Strategies for building effective learning environments
- Techniques for successful curriculum planning
- Methods for engaging all students in learning
- Ways of working with colleagues and the community
This inspiring resource offers enticing and delicious ways to spice up your teaching and your students' learning.
"I particularly liked all the examples and 'bags of tricks,' such as what to include on a bulletin board and how to set up a student notebook. Very valuable to new teachers."
"Uses tried-and-true methods that work. A wonderful addition are the Extra Seasoning, Savory Morsel, and Reflection sections, which make the reader summarize and ponder each chapter. Contains helpful and practical information any teacher or parent can use."
"Encourages creativity in the classroom, not just to make the learning fun and interesting, but because real-life skills are what students need the most in order to become productive and successful adults."
"This book does for teachers what it suggests that teachers do for their students—give them the foundation and empower them to find and set their own course."
"An enjoyable read that will touch anyone who is in the field of education."
"A guide for new teachers and education majors, as well as a reference for veterans to fall back on when they hit that teaching wall and need a change of perspective and approach."
"An easy-to-comprehend, go-to guide filled with valuable advice especially for grade school and high school teachers. Filled cover to cover with techniques for successful curriculum planning, strategies for creating environments that promote learning, witty classroom stories and quotations, valuable advice for being fair and consistent, and much more, all served up with a dash of humor for spice. Highly recommended."