What Every Teacher Should Know About the Profession and Politics of Teaching

Donna Walker Tileston is a veteran teacher and administrator. She is currently the president of Strategic Teaching and Learning, a consulting firm that provides services to schools throughout the United States and worldwide. Donna’s publications include Ten Best Teaching Practices: How Brain Research, Learning Styles, and Standards Define Teaching Competencies (2000), which has been on Corwin′s bestseller list since its first year in print, in addition to the ten-volume award-winning series What Every Teacher Should Know, now in its second edition. Other recent titles are Teaching Strategies for Active Learning (2006), Teaching Strategies that Prepare Students for High Stakes Tests (2008), and Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap (2009). Donna received her BA from the University of North Texas, her MA from East Texas State University, and her EdD from Texas A & M University-Commerce. She may be reached at www.whateveryteachershouldknow.com

• About the AuthorAcknowledgmentsIntroductionVocabulary Pre-Test1. The Politics of TeachingAccountability and TestingFlexible Use of Federal ResourcesSchool ChoiceQuality Teachers and Quality Teaching2. Being Part of a Learning CommunityThe Big Machine ApproachAccountability to the Larger SystemFinding ResourcesWorking With ColleaguesBeing SupervisedQuality Professional Development3. Working With ParentsBegin at the BeginningWays to CommunicateThe Parent-Teacher ConferenceWhat If?4. What Does the Future Hold?The Changing Face of EducationThe Move to StandardsChanging Ideas About the Teaching ProcessThe Teacher as a Professional: Why It MattersHow Can You Keep Up?Vocabulary SummaryVocabulary Post-TestReferencesIndex