How to Organize Your Professional Contacts as a Teacher Candidate
Chapter 15 of Road to Teaching: how to keep track of the people in your teaching network and stay in touch without it becoming a chore.
Who Counts in Your Network as a Teacher Candidate (Hint: Everyone)
Chapter 14 of Road to Teaching: why family, neighbors, old coworkers, and community groups belong in your network as a future teacher.
How to Network in Your Teacher Education Program: Professors and Classmates
Chapter 13 of Road to Teaching: how to turn your professors and classmates into a network that brings job leads, references, and advice.
How to Meet Principals Before You Apply for a Teaching Job
Chapter 12 of Road to Teaching: how to get facetime with principals and other administrators so they know your face before you apply.
Networking for Teacher Candidates: How to Build Connections in Schools
Chapter 11 of Road to Teaching: how to build a professional network in schools, online, and at conferences while you are still a teacher candidate.
How to Address Your Growth Areas as a Teacher Candidate (Before an Interviewer Asks)
Chapter 10 of Road to Teaching: how to find your growth areas in content knowledge or teaching skill and build them up before your job search.
Become the Go-To Teacher Candidate on One Topic (and Why It Gets You Hired)
Chapter 9 of Road to Teaching: how to pick one education topic, build on it through your program, and become the candidate known for it.
How to Stand Out as a Teacher Candidate: Endorsements and Extra Training
Chapter 8 of Road to Teaching: why a second endorsement or extra certification makes you the candidate the principal picks, and which credentials are in demand.
What a First-Year Teacher Learns: Why Growth Comes From Imperfection
Chapter 7 of Road to Teaching, a guest chapter by first-year teacher Leann Schumacher on perfectionism, comparison, and why the messy parts are the process.
Self-Care for Teacher Candidates: How to Avoid Burnout Before Your First Job
Chapter 6 of Road to Teaching: self-care for teacher candidates, with a case against perfectionism, how to set work boundaries, and five habits to start now.
How to Organize for the edTPA: A Step-by-Step System
Chapter 5 of Road to Teaching: how to organize for the edTPA early in teacher preparation, with the three handbooks to read first, a notebook for rubric notes, and a digital folder system.
Reflective Journaling for Student Teachers: What to Write and Why
Chapter 4 of Road to Teaching: how to keep a reflective journal during teacher preparation, with guiding questions for classroom observations, a sample entry, and writing prompts.
How to Keep a Professional Reading List During Teacher Education
Chapter 3 of Road to Teaching: how to keep a running list of the education books and articles you read, and why it pays off in interviews and the edTPA.
How to Organize Your Teacher Education Notes, Articles, and Files
Chapter 2 of Road to Teaching: a filing system that works for you, going digital, and the quick notes that make every article findable later.
The Teaching Process: How New Teachers Build Knowledge, Apply It, and Reflect
Chapter 1 of Road to Teaching: the three-stage cycle of building knowledge, applying it in the classroom, and reflecting on what worked.
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- cooperating teacher (2)
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- professional growth (2)
- reflective teaching (2)
- self-care (2)
- writing for the edTPA (2)
- organization (3)
- Teacher interview (4)
- student teaching (4)
- Preparing for teacher interview (5)
- Section II: Excel at Student Teaching (5)
- answering teacher interview questions (5)
- edTPA strategies (5)
- networking (5)
- planning for the edTPA (5)
- teacher interview questions (6)
- edTPA (7)
- teacher job search (7)
- Section I: Leverage Your Teacher Education Training (15)
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