Fiore, Douglas J.; Whitaker, Todd; Fiore, Douglas

Six Types Of Teachers : Recruiting, Retaining, And Mentoring The Best

Section I The Keyword Is Quality 1(30) 1 Who Moved My Teacher? 3(8) Why We Need Quality Teachers 6(2) Two Ways to Improve Our Schools-Two Ways to Weaken Them 8(2) What Lies Ahead? 10(1) 2 Irreplaceable Parts 11(12) Six Types of Teachers 13(1) Valuing the Irreplaceables 14(2) Solidifying the Solids 16(2) Managing the Replacement Level 18(2) We Are Not in a Vacuum 20(1) Weighing the Peripherals 21(2) 3 Opportunity Costs 23(8) Opportunity Costs 25(1) What Did We Lose? 26(1) What Else Can We Get? 27(1) What If the Current Staff Were Applicants? 27(2) The Strength of Stability 29(1) The Value of Experience 30(1) Section II Why Teachers Leave 31(20) 4 From the Mouths of Teachers 33(10) The Facts about Teacher Retention 35(2) Why Is This Happening? 37(1) A Culture of Support 38(2) It's All in the Atmosphere 40(3) 5 Are We Talking about the Great Ones? 43(8) Recognizing the Achievement of the Great Ones 47(1) Assisting Great Teachers in Personal and Professional Growth 48(3) Section III Creating, Fostering, and Sustaining Quality 51(32) 6 Building a Quality Culture 53(10) A Culture That Feels Good 55(1) What Should I Do? 56(4) Improving Classroom Culture by Improving School Culture 60(1) Go Fish 61(2) 7 Making Teaching Rewarding 63(10) If You Don't Have Something Nice to Say 66(1) Perception Is Reality 67(1) Didn't I Just See You? 68(1) But I Don't Have Time 69(1) Making it OK to Care 70(1) Something Positive in My Mailbox? 71(2) 8 Keeping the Great Ones Motivated 73(10) Can I Motivate from the Outside? 77(4) A Final Thought about Motivation 81(2) Section IV Adding Quality 83(30) 9 Adding Quality-Expanding Our Pool 85(8) Searching for Irreplaceables 87(1) The Emotional Pull 88(1) The Known Quantity 89(1) Hiring People Better Than Ourselves 90(1) The Good Fit 90(1) Arbitrary Factors-Narrowing the Pool 91(1) Understanding Our Needs 92(1) 10 Finding and Choosing the Best 93(10) The Screening 96(1) The Reference Check 96(1) Finding the Leaders 97(1) The Neutral View 97(1) Interview Questions 98(1) Would You Know Whom to Hire? 98(1) What Would You Do If? 99(1) Setting Expectations 100(1) Do You Want to Be the Best? 101(2) 11 Inducting New Teachers 103(10) New Staff Induction and Orientation 106(2) Mentor Programs 108(1) Ongoing Orientation 109(1) Cultivating Leadership 110(3) Section V The Impact of Other Stakeholders 113 12 Supporting Teachers in Parent Interactions 115(10) Cheers or Boos 117(1) Soothing the Savage Beast 118(2) Staff Development Focused on Parents 120(2) Do They Feel Supported? 122(3) 13 Nurturing Student-Teacher Relationships 125(8) Recognizing Success in Student-Teacher Relationships 128(2) Student-Teacher Relationships and the Six Types of Teachers 130(1) Nurturing Solid Relationships 131(2) 14 Building a Family Atmosphere through Purposeful Mentoring 133(12) Induction That Sticks 135(3) Why Focus on Mentoring? 138(1) Mentoring the Mentors 139(3) When Does Mentoring End? 142(3) 15 Teaching: The Most Important Profession 145 Retaining Quality Teachers 152