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Great Beginnings: Reflections and Advice for New English Language Arts Teachers and the People Who Mentor Them DOCUMENT RESUME ED 421 724 CS 216 456 AUTHOR Hayes, Ira, Ed. TITLE Great Beginnings: Reflections and Advice for New English Language Arts Teachers and the People Who Mentor Them. Conference on English Leadership Series. INSTITUTION National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. ISBN ISBN-0-8141-1888-7 PUB DATE 1998-00-00 NOTE 206p. AVAILABLE FROM National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, IL 61801-1096 (Stock No. 18887-3050: $18.95 members, $25.95 nonmembers). PUB TYPE Books (010) -- Collected Works General (020) Guides - Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Classroom Techniques; *English Instruction; *English Teachers; *Language Arts; Mentors; *Professional Development; Secondary Education; Student Needs; *Teacher Expectations of Students; Teaching Methods IDENTIFIERS *New Teachers; *Teaching Perspectives ABSTRACT Intended for teacher educators, beginning teachers, classroom leaders, and administrators, this essay collection offers practical advice on topics such as evaluating student writing and creating support systems for beginning teachers. The essays discuss how the "real world" of teaching matches--or fails to match--novice teachers' expectations. The 27 essays and their authors are as follows: (1)"An Experienced Teacher Looks Back" (Gayle Bolt Price); (2) "May Sheehan" (Susan Joan Fishbein); (3) "Human Voice, Wooden Horse" (Maureen Neal); (4) "Some Reflections on Becoming a Teacher" (Kenneth Simons); (5) "A Great Beginning: My Personal Journey" (Donald M. Shafer); (6) "Havinc Seized the Day--and Let Go" (Diana Wagner Marmaluk); (7) "The Road Taken, Gladly" (Wang Zhijun); (8) "This Is Not about Dreams" (Julia M. Emig); (9) "New Teachers, Teacher Culture, and School Reform" (F. Todd Goodson);(10) "Gone but Not Forgotten: University-Based Support for Beginning Teachers" (Mary C. McMackin and Judith A. Boccia); (11) "Avoiding Burn-out: New Teachers Dialoguing with Experienced Teachers" (Regina Paxton Foehr); (12) "What I Know Now: The Personal and the Emotional in Teaching English" (Paul Heilker); (13) "The Use of Journals in Teacher Development and Course Design" (Brenda L. Dyer);(14) "Becoming a Teacher of Insight: The Line with No Hook" (Sean Meehan);(15) "'Are You Listening to Me?' Effective Evaluation of Student Writing" (Janet Gebhart Auten); (16) "Out of Ashes" (Inga Harmon Smith);(17) "To See Life Steady and Whole: Integrating the Humanities into the K-12 Curriculum" (Mary Theresa Kyne); (18) "Questions, Confusions, and Resolutions of a First-Year Teacher" (Richard F. Gaspar);(19) "Teaching Is All I Know on Earth, and All I Need To Know" (Gerald Mackey);(20) "Three New Teachers in the English Department" (Jane E. Harvey, Daniel A. Heller, Jennifer S. McConnell, and Debra J. Williams); (21) "A Storytelling Approach to Beginning Teacher Evaluation" (Thomas Philion); (22) "A Language for Beginning Teachers" (Lisa Birnbaum); (23) "In My Mind's Eye" (Sheryl Rubin);(24) "Support for New Teachers at Paul Robeson High School" (Charlotte Adomaitis);(25) "Beginning Teacher Support Programs: Bridging Preservice and Inservice" (Susan A. Wasserman); +++++ ED421724 Has Multi-page SFR---Level=1 +++++ (26) "Just Ten Minutes a Day (On Becoming a Teacher/Writer)" (Noreen Duffy Copeland); and (27) "Using the Teaching Portfolio To Enhance the Development of Student Teachers" (John Zubizarreta). (NKA) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ******************************************************************************** G t Beginni Reflections and Advice for Mew English Language Arts Teachers and the People Who Mentor Them U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND Edited by Office of Educafional Research and Improvement DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL ED ATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION HAS BEEN GRANTED BY CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as Ira Hayes received from the person or organization originating it. 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) official OERI position or policy. ,- A.. Great Beginnings 3 CEL Series Conference on English Leadership The Conference on English Leadership, an organization within the National Council of Teachers of English, is composed of English department leaders and other English educators who hold a common interest in English program development and teacher training. Through this series, CEL encourages dis- cussion of critical issues in the professional development of English depart- ment chairs, English/language arts curriculum supervisors, and others having supervisory roles in the areas of English/language arts education from elementary through secondary levels. 1998 CEL Executive Committee Mary Ellen Thornton, Chair, Lon Morris College, Jacksonville, Texas Louann Reid, Associate Chair, Colorado State University Donald L. Stephan, Past Chair, Sidney High School, Ohio Donald Shafer, Corresponding Secretary, Fairview Park High School, Ohio Diane S. Isaacs, Membership Chair, Fordham University Jim Mahoney, Nominating Committee Chair, Miller Place High School, New York William Newby, Nominating Committee Associate Chair, Shaker Heights High School, Ohio Mary P. McElroy, 1998 Program Chair, Langham Creek High School, Houston, Texas Kathleen Strickland, 1999 Program Chair, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Deborah Smith McCullar, Liaison to NCTE Secondary Section Committee, Dean Morgan Junior High, Casper, Wyoming George B. Shea Jr., Liaison to Conference on English Education, Belleville West High School, Illinois Faith Z. Schullstrom, Secretary-Treasurer, NCTE Nina E. Bono, Member-at-Large, St. Louis, Missouri Victor Jaccarino, Member-at-Large, Herricks Schools, New Hyde Park, New York Wanda Porter, Member-at-Large, Kamehameha Secondary School, Hawaii Rosalie Rafter, Member-at-Large, Westbury Public Schools, New York Rudolph Sharpe Jr., Member-at-Large, Lower Dauphin High School, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania Barbara Thompson, Member-at-Large, Hazelwood School District, Florissant, Missouri Henry Kiernan, Editor, English Leadership Quarterly, West Morris Regional High School, Chester, New Jersey Carol Porter, NCTE Staff Liaison 4 Great Beginnings Reflections and Advice for New English Language Arts Teachers and the People Who Mentor Them Edited by Ira Hayes Syosset High School Syosset, New York Conference on English Leadership National Council of Teachers of English 1111 W. Kenyon Road, Urbana, Illinois 61801-1096 Cover Design and Prepress Services: City Desktop Productions, Inc. Interior Design: Doug Burnett NCTE Stock Number: 18887-3050 ©1998 by the National Council of Teachers of English. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. It is the policy of NCTE in its journals and other publications to provide a forum for the open discussion of ideas concerning the content and the teaching of English and the language arts. Publicity accorded to any particular point of view does not imply endorsement by the Executive Committee, the Board of Directors, or the membership at large, except in announcements of policy, where such endorsement is clearly specified. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Great beginnings : reflections and advice for new English language arts teachers and the people who mentor them / edited by Ira Hayes. P. cm. "Conference on English Leadership." "NCTE stock number: 18887-3050"T.p. verso ISBN 0-8141-1888-7 1. English teachersTraining ofUnited States. 2. Language arts teachers Training ofUnited States. 3. English languageStudy and teachingUnited States. 4. Mentoring in education. I. Hayes, Ira. II. Conference on English Leadership. PE1068.U5G69 1998 428'.0071'173dc21 98-20699 CIP 6 v Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi I. Memoirs 1. An Experienced Teacher Looks Back Gayle Bolt Price 3 2. May Sheehan Susan Joan Fishbein 12 3. Human Voice, Wooden Horse Maureen Neal 14 4. Some Reflections on Becoming a Teacher Kenneth Simons 21 5. A Great Beginning: My Personal Journey Donald M. Shafer 27 6. Having Seized the Dayand Let Go Diana Wagner Marmaluk 31 7. The Road Taken, Gladly Wang Zhijun 34 8. This Is Not about Dreams Julia M. Emig 40 II. For the New Teacher 9. New Teachers, Teacher Culture, and School Reform F. Todd Goodson 49 10. Gone but Not Forgotten: University-Based Support for Beginning Teachers Mary C. McMackin and Judith A. Boccia 55 vi 11. Avoiding Burn-out: New Teachers Dialoguing with Experienced Teachers Regina Paxton Foehr 61 12. What I Know Now: The Personal and the Emotional in Teaching English Paul Heilker 73 13. The Use of Journals in Teacher Development and Course Design Brenda L. Dyer 81 14. Becoming a Teacher of Insight: The Line with No Hook Sean Meehan 87 15. "Are You Listening to Me?" Effective Evaluation of Student Writing Janet Gebhart Auten 98 16. Out of Ashes Inga Harmon Smith 110 17. ToSee Life Steady and Whole: Integrating the Humanities into the K-12 Curriculum Mary Theresa Kyne 120 18.Questions, Confusions, and Resolutions of a First-Year Teacher Richard F. Gaspar 128 19.Teaching Is All I Know on Earth, and All I Need to Know Gerald Mackey 131 III. For the English Leader 20. Three New Teachers in the English Department Jane E. Harvey, Daniel A. Heller, Jennifer S. McConnell, and Debra J. Williams 139 a vii 21. A Storytelling Approach to
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