These insights are written in concise language in order to help any teacher navigate everyday situations that arise in the classroom. 

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    The purpose of this book is to help beginning teachers and to refresh veteran teachers to handle many of the situations that confront ALL teachers and to guide teachers toward a love for their craft and their students.  If you have been in teaching and are not as enthusiastic or as effective as you need to be, this book will highlight the basics of the art of teaching helping you to regain your footing.  These insights for new teachers will help to navigate many of the predicaments that will arise during your years as an educator.      

   You won’t find these insights peppered with fancy educational jargon. What you will find are realistic situations that all teachers encounter, and some food for thought about maneuvering day-to-day classroom experiences. 

      Curt Richards

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                           CONTENTS: 

Introduction: The Heart of a Teacher                                      

 Insight 2: Monitor and Adjust

Insight 2: Classroom Management: Rules and Corrections                        

Insight 3: Teaching to Various Learning Styles                                         

Insight 4: Everyone Learns at a Different Rate                                         

Insight 5: Make the Material Relevant                                                    

Insight 6: Consider the Needs of the Student                                          

Insight 7: The Teachable Moment: Time to Be Flexible                              

Insight 8: Be a Servant Leader                                                                  

Insight 9: There Is Something Very Important about a Name                      

Insight 10: Timing Is Important                                                              

 Insight 11: Help Build a Better Brain Through Repetition and Spacing                                                                

Insight 12: Forgetting Has Its Place in Learning                         

Insight 13: Curiosity and Gap Instruction                                                  

Insight 14: Teaching Machines Versus Humans                                        

Insight 15: Journaling Has Its Place in Any Subject                                

Insight 16: Front Door—Back Door                                                               

Insight 17: Peer Learning: Each One, Teach One                                      

               Insight 18: Teacher-Centered versus Student-Centered          

 Insight 19: Use Your Teaching Energy Wisely and Stay Healthy      

  Insight 20: Redirection versus Rejection                               

  Insight 21: Develop More Than One Passion                     

  Insight 22: Stay Current                                            

  Insight 23: Classroom Organization and Displays                  

  Insight 24: Professionalism                                          

  Insight 25: Nonverbal Cues                                        

 Insight 26: Documentation                                       

 Insight 27: Parent Conferences                                  

 Insight 28: Teacher Burnout and Rewiring Your Brain               

 Insight 29: Morning Person                                       

  Insight 30: Relationships with Fellow Teachers                 

  Appendix A: Insightful Teacher Experiences

  Appendix B: Always Remember                    

High School Plays by Curt Richards:

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