Transparent Teaching of Adolescents

Mindy Keller graduated summa cum laude from Florida Atlantic University and began teaching in 1998. Her career spans from teaching remedial to advanced courses in English as well as required and elective courses in theatre and debate within both traditional and virtual environments.Stacey Bruton earned her Bachelor's degree in Secondary English Education from the University of South Florida in 2009. She works as an Intensive Reading teacher at a Title 1 school in Tampa, FL.AnnMarie Dearman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Florida Atlantic University in 2007, graduating summa cum laude. She works as a home school coordinator and as a tutor, where she enjoys the challenges of working with all grade levels in person and via the internet.Victoria Grant earned her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Central Florida in 2004. After several years working as a second grade teacher, she is now a stay-at-home mom.Crystal JovaeMazur is a costume and jewelry designer, residing in Chicago. She attended Florida State University, earning a B.A. in Theatre Studies. While there, she continued to perform and write, but found her passion in costume design, studying all applications of design and construction.Daniel Powell illustrates and writes for zerolevel.com, and he is both author and artist for the web comic, Gunman. Daniel has attended Indian River State College, where he has furthered his education in the areas of English and History.Christina Salvatore earned her Bachelor’s degree in English with a focus in Creative Writing and a minor in Journalism from Florida State University in 2007. Since graduating, she obtained a job as a Regional Office Manager for an insurance agency in Tallahassee, Florida.

• List of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1Understanding and Visualizing the Ideal Class Chapter 2Who are You, Anyway? Chapter 3How You Convey PersonaChapter 4Your Classroom Management Begins NowChapter 5Making Thematic Lemonade from Cloned Lemons Chapter 6Birds, Bees, Procedures, and DisciplineChapter 7In the Eye of the Pre-Service StormChapter 8Judgment Day Chapter 9The First WeekChapter 10Learning v. Teaching Chapter 11Sticking to Your Rule and ProceduresChapter 12A Class of Thinkers: Socrates in ActionChapter 13Creating and Using Teacher EvaluationsChapter 14We are Such Stuff as Grades are Made onChapter 15Final Approach and LandingChapter 16 Teacher Triage and Final ThoughtsNotesBibliographyAbout the AuthorsIndex

In over twenty years of working with new teachers, I’ve reviewed many books written to describe how to teach successfully. These books, even those that tell stories about the students, rarely include the real voices of students. As a result, for too many new teachers, the students are abstracts – not real. In this book, real students speak and give new teachers, even veteran teachers, and insights into how to create a classroom that works for both students and teachers. Kids need to be heard and listened to before a teacher can be successful. This book is a must-read for first year teachers or teachers who want to reexamine their teaching practices.