Lisa Maria Burke

Teacher's Ultimate Planning Guide: How to Achieve a Successful School Year and Thriving Teaching Career Lisa Maria Burke

Publisher Marketing: High levels of stress are an occupational hazard of the teaching profession, resulting from inadequate training for the broad scope of teacher responsibilities that extend beyond instruction. This comprehensive guide masterfully fills this void by creating a step-by-step sequence of practical techniquesbased on research on successful teaching, and grounded in real-life examplesguiding teachers toward an effective action plan for successful teaching and classroom management. The manual s concrete suggestions give teachers the skills and tactics they need to manage, control, and enrich their professional lives, with positive impacts and successes following beyond the classroom as well. Tackling major issues from designing effective lesson plans to maximizing limited resources, each chapter of this well-organized book begins with stated objectives and ends with a concise summary, making it easy to read, understand, and implement. It features a myriad of helpful hints that are invaluable in planning for the expected and the unexpected in the classroom, and in invigorating overall performance. Key value-added elements are: 13 easy-to-use resources, including lesson planning worksheets, calendar organizers, a substitute teacher kit, parent-teacher conferences reference, and a listing of professional organizations "Success Tips" sections throughout that highlight proven methods for working efficiently and effectively "True Stories" that punctuate and reinforce the techniques outlined Targeted questions in each chapter that encourage personalized reflection and solutions" Contributor Bio:  Burke, Lisa Maria Lisa Maria Burke, M. Ed., is a teacher, trainer, and author. She has taught in both regular education and inclusion settings as well as teaching reading resource, college, and continuing education courses. Lisa also has worked as an instructional resource teacher, supporting teachers as a curriculum and instruction specialist. Lisa's workshops and seminars for teachers focus on effective teaching, especially planning and instructional strategies. Her successful publications 7 Steps to Stress Free Teaching: A Stress Prevention Planning Guide for Teachers and 7 Steps to Stress Free Teaching Plan Book (Edu-cators' Lighthouse, 1999) were precursors of The Teacher's Ultimate Planning Guide. She is a member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the International Reading Association, and the Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society. She may be reached via e-mail at LMB9@yahoo.com.