BEING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER:
REAL-WORLD TIPS & STORIES FROM WORKING TEACHERS
Teachers helping teachers.
January, 2010
BEING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER: REAL-WORLD TIPS AND STORIES FROM WORKING TEACHERS
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Chapter 1: About This eBook
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Chapter 2: Elementary School Teaching as a Career
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Chapter 3: Summary of Findings
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Chapter 4: Career Stories
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Second Grade Classroom Teacher in a Suburban School
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Spanish Teacher at a Parochial School
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Elementary School Physical Education (PE) Teacher
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Elementary School Reading Teacher
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Early Elementary School Science Teacher
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Fourth Grade Teacher in a Suburban School District
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Reading Teacher in an Elementary School
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Fifth Grade Teacher in a Parochial School
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First Grade Teacher in a Suburban School
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Fifth Grade Teacher in a Year-Round School
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Art Teacher in an Elementary School
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Fourth Grade Teacher in a Title 1 School
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Fifth Grade Science and Technology Teacher
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Disillusioned Public School Teacher
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Teacher in a Public Elementary School
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Elementary Classroom Teacher
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Physical Education Teacher in an Elementary School
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Elementary School Music Teacher
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Elementary School Outdoor Science and Ecology Instructor
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First- and Second-Grade Reading Teacher
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Elementary School Teacher
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Third Grade Teacher in a Rural School District
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Childhood Literacy Specialist
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Classroom Teacher in a Suburban Elementary School
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Third Grade Teacher at a Public School
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Chapter 5: More Information on School Teaching
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