Teachers with The Magic

M. Scott Norton has served as a classroom teacher, coordinator of curriculum, associate superintendent and superintendent of schools. He served as professor and vice-chairman of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and as professor and chairman of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy Studies at Arizona State University.

• Chapter 1 Look! Now There’s a Great TeacherGreat Teachers—What Do They Look Like?Establishing Our Purposes and Focus of the BookGCT Quiz—Characteristics of Great TeachersResponses to Each of the Fifteen Quiz QuestionsStudies Related to Effective TeachersWhat About the Characteristic of Enthusiasm?A Look at Other Effective Teacher “Research Studies”A Composite of Affective and Cognitive Characteristics of Great TeachersHigh Quality Teachers and Their Effect on Student Achievement Gains: WhatDo We Really Know?Some Answers Might Be Closer Than You ThinkOur Teacher Assessment and Evaluation Processes Need OverhaulingAn Application Form for Effective Teaching PositionsSnapshot #1-A Change of PaceSummaryDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesReferencesChapter 2—What We Can Do to Select and Retain Great TeachersFacing the Existing Problems That Inhibit the Recruitment and Selection of High Quality PersonnelRecruitment of Personnel: What You Should Know Before Initiating the ProcessSnapshot #1-All the Teacher Colleges in the World Can’t Make a Teacher Who Isn’t OneResearch Evidence for Cognitive CharacteristicsRecruiting and Selecting High Quality TeachersGiving Priority to Those Student Graduates from Quality Institutions and HoldingMajors in Their Subject Areas, Licensure and CertificationThe Personal Interview: Where the Rubber Meets the RoadStructuring a Candidate Interview for a Mathematics Teacher at Wymore MiddleSchool: Focusing on Great Teacher CharacteristicsAn Interview Analysis Snapshot #2-Caring, Compassion, Knowledge, Courage, PersistenceSummaryDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesReferencesChapter 3---Great Teachers Can Influence the Success of All TeachersHow the Talents of a Highly Qualified Teacher Are Applied in the ClassroomPutting the Qualities of Great Teachers to WorkAssigning Your Highly Qualified Teacher as Mentors for New PersonnelHelping the New Teacher Implement His or Her Professional Development Plan (PDP)Snapshot #1—Insights of a Great Teacher: Antonia AntegraThe Implementation of Employee Assistant Programs for Troubled WorkersHow the Highly Effective Teacher Can Help the Marginal TeacherThe Tragedy That We Face: The Loss of the School’s Great TeachersWhy Great Teachers Leave the ProfessionRecommendations Related to Capitalizing on the Talents of Great TeachersEducation for All—We Can’t Afford Not to Afford ItClosing With a Few Best Practices for Retaining Best TeachersSummaryDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesReferencesChapter 4 The Great Teacher at Work: Magic in the ClassroomA Look at What Great Teachers DoA Competency-Based Great Teachers Assessment ResourceThe Benefits of a Good StoryTrue or False? MAGT QuizThe Evidence for Each of the Great Teacher MAGT QuestionsSelected Teaching Strategies Used by Great Teachers in the ClassroomPreparation for TeachingTeacher Student RelationshipsStudent Engagement: An Absolute NecessityA Great Teacher Looks in the MirrorPost ScriptTeacher Services: What Great Teachers SaySnapshot #1 A Great Teacher Steps “Out of Bounds”SummaryDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesReferencesChapter 5 Much Ado About Great Teaching: How Great Teachers Promote Student LearningTeachers Teach Subjects, Great Teachers Teach Students The Story of Richard: Great Teachers are Student AdvocatesThe Classroom of Great TeachersA Look at What Great Teachers Say They DoAn Example of the Importance of Learning About ArtThe Gold QuizHow to Engage Students in Social Studies InstructionGreat Teachers are Quick to Call Time OutTime Out QuizGreat Teachers Work Closely With ParentsSnapshot #1—Parental Support Makes a DifferenceCompetency-Based Performance for a Great TeacherSummaryDiscussion QuestionsCase StudiesReferences

Without question, I would recommend this book to any teacher - novice, seasoned, or retired - as it is a font of inspiration.