The Elementary Teacher's Digital Toolbox

The Elementary Teacher's Digital Toolbox is a book and CD set which welcomes new teachers to the field and offers guidance on topics such as classroom management, lesson planning, and standards. Most appropriate for student teachers and certification candidates in induction programs, it can be used as a core text or as a supplemental text for field-based courses. The digital format enables users to customize and print materials such as lesson plan outlines, checklists for classroom management, reading logs and homework forms. The Elementary Teacher's Digital Toolbox puts the experience of a veteran teacher into the hands of a novice.

Features include:

Companion CD-ROM
Enables students to easily customize and print the many forms they will need during their student teaching experience (i.e. lesson plan forms, reading logs, homework sheets, letters to parents and guardians, etc.)

Vignettes of classroom situations
At the conclusion of every chapter, these vignettes can spark discussion in seminars for student teachers or in professional development workshops for new and experienced teachers.

Explains the use of standards and benchmarks
Contains a comprehensive standards directory--Introduces students to nationally accepted multi-subject standards as well as subject area standards.

Full lesson plans
Eases the transition for a student teacher or a novice teacher.

Professional development section
Offers guidance in starting a teachers' book club, employment opportunities outside the classroom, and membership in professional organizations.

Author: Helen Hoffner
Published: June 2006
ISBN: 0-13-170956-9
192 Pages