Great Teaching

Robert DiGiulio is Education Professor at Johnson State College in Vermont. He earned his Ph.D. in human development from the University of Connecticut, and recently earned his D.Ed. in socio-education from the University of South Africa. He began his teaching career in the New York City public school system, where he taught for a number of years. His 33-year career as an educator includes teaching at the elementary, middle, junior high and college levels, with experience ranging from crowded urban schools to a one-room schoolhouse. He has also served as a school principal educational researcher, consultant, and writer. As an educational consultant, he co-developed Teen Test, a vocational counseling program for adolescents. He coauthored educational computer software called Language Activities Courseware and authored its teachers guide. His Teacher magazine article The Guaranteed Behavior Improvement Plan was recognized as having one of the highest total readership scores of any of that magazines articles. He has authored numerous books including When You Are a Single Parent, Effective Parenting, Beyond Widowhood, and After Loss, selected by Readers Digest as their featured condensed book in May 1994. He is a contributing author to The Oxford Companion to Womens Writing in the United States, and Marriage and Family in a Changing Society, and is the coauthor of Straight Talk about Death and Dying. Most recently, he has written Nonviolent Interventions in Secondary Schools: Administrative Perspectives, a chapter in Peacebuilding for Adolescents: Strategies for Educators and Community Leaders, edited by Ian H. Harris and Linda R. Forcey. Dr. DiGiulio′s most recent books are Great Teaching: What Matters Most in Helping Students Succeed, Educate, Medicate, or Litigate? What Teachers, Parents, and Administrators Must Do About Student Behavior, and Positive Classroom Management: A Step-by-Step Guide to Successfully Running the Show Without Destroying Student Dignity, both published by Corwin Press.Dr. DiGiulio′s interests include international education, child behavior, and teacher education. He won a 2002-2003 Fulbright Scholar Award to the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland. He was a Delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 2003 Conference on Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Understanding. Dr. DiGiulio is also a member of the Vermont Society for the Study of Education, and serves on the Project Harmonys Advisory Board on Education Programs. He resides with his family in northern Vermont.

• PrefaceWhat This Book Is, and Is NotA Word About SchoolsAnd a Word About TeachersReviewer AcknowledgmentsAbout the Author1. Introduction: What Makes a Skillful, Caring Teacher?Great Teaching is Still Great Teaching (And It′s the Teaching that Matters Most!)"But we hardly have the time!"First Self Assessment: What Can be Tossed, What Must be KeptThe Complete Teacher: Knowledge and Skills and QualitiesKey Teacher Skills and Qualities2. Key Teacher Skills: What Teachers DoKey Teacher Skills, Prior to TeachingKey Teacher Skills, While TeachingKey Teacher Skills, After TeachingGrowing in Teaching: Key Teacher Skills Self-Assessment3. Key Teacher Qualities: How Teachers Do ItKey Teacher Quality #1--EfficacyKey Teacher Quality #2--CaringGrowing in Teaching: Key Teacher Qualities Self-Assessment4. Summary and Conclusion: Beyond Great to MemorableSummary of Skills and Qualities ChecklistsPlans of ActionFollow-up AssessmentConclusionResourcesGuidelines for student success in academics and socialization: A school-wide qualitative assessmentReferencesIndex

Great Teaching offers a compass for teachers seeking direction, reorientation, and renewal. DiGiulio strips away the distractions and has put together an exceedingly readable, valuable, and affirming guide for preservice and classroom teachers to reflect upon their practice.