Heinemann / ISBN 0-325-00991-0 / 978-0-325-00991-9 / 2006 / 176 pp / spiral
Availability: This title is out of print but is available in a new edition.

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Jim Burke's Teacher's Daybook was an instant hit, helping tens of thousands of educators stay organized, professional, and sane. But all along, Jim has been collecting suggestions on how to improve the Daybook's usability, and now he's combined your feedback with some new ideas of his own to create the ultimate tool for managing your time.

Using The Teacher's Daybook, 2006-2007 is like having Jim down the hall for daily professional development, and this revised edition has more of everything:

• more room for on-the-go notes during your daily activities
• more space for long- and short-term professional reflection and planning
• more options for organizing yourself, your job, and your life
• more helpful worksheets and forms that maximize your efficiency.

Even the Daybook's companion website (books.heinemann.com/daybook) features more resources to help you every day.

Each day you spend in a classroom offers numerous chances for professional growth. Let Jim Burke guide you in organizing your time so that you can make the most out of both your professional and personal life.

Table of Contents

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: Five Core Propositions
How to Use The Teacher’s Daybook
Teacher’s Homepage
Teacher’s Personal/Professional Workshop (Beginning of School Year)

Three-Year Calendar
Monthly Calendars
Weekly Planners with Personal and Professional Reflections every Four Weeks
Notes
Appendices
Yearlong Planner
Teacher’s Personal/Professional Workshop (End of School Year)
Designing a Standards Based Curriculum
Daily Lesson Planner
Academic Habits Self-Evaluation
The Four C’s of Academic Success
Classroom Activity Template
Substitute Information Template
Things to Do
Weekly Schedule
Personal and Professional Needs Assessment
Important Dates 2006–2007
Professional Portfolio Page
Personal Directory

Recommended Reading and Works Cited

Sample Chapters

• Preview a sample Classroom Activity Schedule.
• Preview a sample from The Teacher's Daybook
• Preview sample Personal Reflections pages.
• Preview a sample monthly and weekly calendar.