9 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers: 9 steps to success / Edition 2

by Jacquie Turnbull

Overview

Jacquie Turbanbull's practical and thoughtful handbook guides teachers through the 9 strategies that will help them to achieve professional effectiveness.

This book is a guide to personal development in the teaching profession. In order to negotiate a fast-changing world, teachers need to be creative, able to respond flexibly to new situations ans be adept at finding innovative solutions to difficult problems; and they need to be able to teach these skills to their students. This book encourages teachers to become actively involved in their professional development and to strive to become model learners, able to inspire learning in others.

This new edition has an increased emphasis on helping teachers to understand themselves as learners, additional reflective exercises to enhance continuous professional development and a wealth of new case studies from Jacquie Turbanbull's extensive experience. The strategies include taking action on stress, creating rapport and influencing leadership behaviours. This inspirational book will also encourage teachers to look beyond the classroom and develop the skills and attitudes to be leaders of learning in the wider community. Well-written and accessible, this book makes essential reading for ambitious teachers everywhere.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441169044
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/15/2013
Series:	Practical Teaching Guides
Edition description:	Teachers G
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Jacquie Turbanbull has been a secondary teacher, an HE lecturer and a trainer specialising in improving teachers' personal and professional effectiveness. She is the Director of Accende, a company that uses profiling to improve professional effectiveness, and also Proacademe, where she provides coaching for leaders and potential leaders in education. Jacquie was honoured to be awarded an MBE in 2011 for her work in education.

Table of Contents

Introduction - What this Book is About and How to Use It \ Part 1 - Managing Yourself \ Habit 1 - Thinking for yourself \ Habit 2 - Building the foundation of confident performance \ Habit 3 - Taking action on stress \ Habit 4 - Taking your time \ Part 2 - Engaging with others \ Habit 5 - Establishing creative rapport \ Habit 6 - Attentive listening \ Habit 7 - Practising the behaviours of influence \ Part 3 - Spreading the influence \ Habit 8 - Motivating and leading \ Habit 9 - Extending the boundaries of influence \ Conclusion