Recently retired teachers Bob and Chris Pierce share their combined seventy years of experience, wisdom, and success in this guidebook tailored to help the beginning teacher both understand and deal effectively with the rules and rituals that play such a major role in achieving success in today's public school. For those about to embark on a career in teaching, it can be a nerve-wracking time. From the first day a novice educator walks into the school building, several challenges loom ahead that have nothing to do with planning lessons or grading papers. Therefore, Bob and Chris offer practical advice on topics such as teacher/student interactions, professional demeanor, territorial colleagues, and student stereotyping. One tip, for example, offers valuable guidance on how to praise a student: "Perhaps quietly congratulate or compliment a student as he enters or exits the classroom. Many times such one-on-one attention is taken as more sincere and less embarrassing than a public demonstration would be." Additionally, motivational quotes for teachers are sprinkled throughout the guide. This handbook provides illuminating insights to help beginning educators master their educational surroundings and circumstances and, in turn, begin to create a positive professional persona and reputation.
...Put-in-Bay resident and Washington Post investigative reporter, Emerson Moore, discovers Ratek's sinister plan. Emerson is drawn into the abyss of corporate intrigue as he chases the story in the midst of sailing adventures, an executive's mysterious death, an explosion of Perry's Monument, a ruthless CEO and a dangerous blonde ice queen, who works for Ratek.
Novelist jack Walsh discovers a set of forgotten colonial-era journals written by one of his ancestors in the archival vault of the Montgomery, Vermont Historical Society and soon finds that they contain information that could literally change the course of history and lead to an enigmatic historical figure that could change conventions of world economies, religions and political powers. The discovery instantly puts Jack and his friend, Jacob Goodspeed, the director of the historical society, on the run for their lives. When Jacob is kidnapped by the Illuminati, Jack partners with the flame-haired director of the C.I.A.'s Dublin field office and, with the help of the shadowy Lamdearg of Northern Ireland, they set out to rescue him and preserve the secrets of the journals. This fast-paced thriller by author Bob Pierce is his third novel and takes readers on a roller-coaster ride from the quiet, rural hills of Vermont's north country, across the United States, all the way to Ireland and Europe and back again on a non-stop chase filled with intrigue, conspiracy and violence that the otherwise jaded writer, Jack, discovers to his horror is not like in the movies.
Examining recent research and practice on reminiscence, life review and life story work, this book offers critical accounts of the rapidly growing and extensive global literature, and highlights the continuing relevance and effectiveness of these therapeutic methods. The book includes examples of international practical projects, involving people of all ages, life circumstances, and levels of physical and cognitive functioning. Contributions from contemporary practitioners and researchers give a nuanced appraisal of the methods of engagement and creativity arising from the purposeful recall of our personal pasts. Chapters include reviews of technology, ethical issues including end of life care, working with people with mental health conditions, and working with people with dementia.
Bob Funk wanted to be a preacher -- to help people. Instead, he found another way to assist people in need -- finding them jobs. In the past quarter century, he has led Express Personnel Services to become to largest franchised, privately-held staffing company in the United States and has put millions of people to work."--Publisher's description
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