Taming the time stealers : tricks of the trade from organized teachers / M.C. Gore, John F. Dowd. [print]

Organizing your time and memory. First-generation organizational aids. Second-generation organizational aids -- Buried under administrative paperwork? Streamlining daily tasks. Accommodating occasional administrative tasks. Organizing student data. Setting up the classroom library. Creating the paperless classroom -- Managing instructional print material. Streamlining print resources and planning. Organizing student work printing Transporting materials. Organizing for substitute teachers -- Corralling nonprint materials. Containers. Containers for small items. Storing small but relatively flat items. Storing bulletin board materials. Organizing tools. Organizing physical education equipment. Moving nonprint materials -- "Dejunking" : taking the cure. Basic dejunking. Minimizing memento junk. Weaning yourself away from junk -- Decisions : from simple to complex. Quick and easy decision-making techniques. More complete decision-making techniques. The best and most complete model of decision making -- Organizing your teaching. The content. The lesson-planning process. The teaching act. Improving standardized testing -- Helping students learn to organize themselves. Materials. Time and memory. Learning behavior -- Teaching for students with special needs. Establishing the behavioral environment. Organizing the learning environment. Developing the support system communication -- Working with parents. Writing to parents. The parent conference. Parent involvement -- Requesting assistance. Deciding what kind of help you need. Organizing to get the help you need -- Organizational strategies for your soul.

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