Is This For a Grade? A Survival Guide for Teaching

Post on 19 May, 2014 by Nate Malmgren
Is This for A Grade? A Survival Guide for Teaching - RE-TAUGHT & RE-TESTED 2014

Is This for A Grade? A Sur­vival Guide for Teach­ing — RE-TAUGHT & RE-TESTED 2014

RE-TAUGHT and RE-TESTED

“Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.” –George Bernard Shaw (coin­ci­den­tal­ly, a high school dropout)

“With all do respect for Mr. Shaw and his bril­lance, I have com­plete dis­dain for his atti­tude. No task is more vital to the sur­vival of soci­ety than the edu­ca­tion of its young peo­ple who attempt to do it. An effec­tive teacher must be an expert at plan­ning, orga­ni­za­tion, impro­vi­sa­tion, com­mu­ni­ca­tion, and eval­u­a­tion. He or she must also be able to play pol­i­tics, manip­u­late recal­ci­trants, stretch a dol­lar, and invent a thir­ty-hour day. Put a tru­ly great teacher into anoth­er field of endeav­or, and she will zoom straight to the top. But, thank heav­ens, most of them pre­fer to teach.” –Dallin Malmgren

“Originally published and titled “Is This For a Grade? A Survival Guide for Teaching in the 90′s”, Malmgren’s teacher’s guide is a useful, humorous, and insightful look at the public school system. It is considered close to indispensable for parents or for new teachers. It touches on subjects as diverse as teaching “methods”, guns and gangs, school politics and more.
Malmgren is currently creating an updating version for teachers and parents, dealing with technology, testing, charter schools, and much much more. Be sure to contact him with any input or questions you’d like him to address. The updated version will be released in 2014.