Classroom Confidential : The 12 Secrets of Great Teachers - Softcover

Laurel Schmidt's gone on assignment, interviewing master educators, observing their classrooms, and uncovering the twelve secrets that all stand-out teachers share. The result,Classroom Confidential, is the ultimate paperback mentor for novices and veterans alike, an across-the-curriculum guidebook with the scoop on how best practices can make you a great teacher.

Brimming with practical instructional strategies, tips on classroom management, and hundreds of leads on teaching resources, all in a read-it-today-do-it-tomorrow format,Classroom Confidential dishes the goods on every aspect of successful teaching, including:

• using multiple intelligences to master content standards
• authentic reading and writing activities
• inquiry-based instruction
• teaching for social justice
• reaching special-needs students
• community as classroom
• hands-on social studies projects
• integrating the arts into academics.

Go behind closed doors and into the minds of outstanding educators to discover why the inside story about their success is so important to yours. ReadClassroom Confidential and be in the know about what makes a great teacher.

Laurel Schmidt is the author of three Heiemann titles: Social Studies That Sticks (2007), Classroom Confidential (2004), and Gardening in the Minefield: A Survival Guide for School Administrators (2002). Laurel has worked for thirty years in education as a teacher, principal, curriculum development specialist, consultant, lecturer, and writer. Currently she is the Director of Pupil Services for the Santa Monica-Malibu School District and an adjunct professor at Antioch University. She is also the author of Seven Times Smarter: 50 Ways to Develop the Multiple Intelligences in Your Child (Three Rivers Press, 2001). You can email Laurel at schmidtl@smmusd.org and visit her website at www.laurelschmidt.com.