How to Learn Effective Teaching Skills
Effective teaching is teaching that explores ways to engage the student mind with different strategies and approaches. To find these skills and glean ways to be an effective teacher, stay alert for community opportunities, make new contacts, and research using the local library and online sources.
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Investigate learning opportunities at the local community center or college. Most colleges offer courses in instruction that are geared toward teachers with experience who need help in the classroom. Often, community colleges and universities will offer free seminars featuring different instructional goals such as behavior management, time management or teaching gifted students.
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Make contact with local teachers by starting an online blog, attending a local education association meeting or volunteering at a local after-school program. Many teachers are friendly and eager to exchange tips and strategies. Strike up a conversation and ask for that teacher's ideas!
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Research teaching strategies at your local library by searching for books that focus on your goals as well as Internet websites and courses that can provide the information you desire on demand. Whether it is help with behavior management, planning lessons, or finding effective teaching strategies to use in your classroom, there are many titles available to suit your purpose. See the list below for excellent instructional books and websites.
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Tips & Warnings
Excellent book resources include the following:
The First Days of School by Harry Wong
Teaching Outside the Box by LuAnne Johnson
The Creative Teacher by Steve Springer
Excellent website resources:
Journal of Effective Teaching, University of North Carolina Wilmingham
http://www.uncwil.edu/cte/ET/
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml?src=a
