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Jim Burke's
Teacher's Daybook was an instant hit, helping tens of thousands of educators stay organized, professional, and sane. But all along, Jim has been collecting suggestions on how to improve the
Daybook's usability, and now he's combined your feedback with some new ideas of his own to create the ultimate tool for managing your time. Using
The Teacher's Daybook, 2007 - 2008 is like having Jim down the hall for daily professional development, and this revised edition has more of everything:
- more room for on-the-go notes during your daily activities
- more space for long- and short-term professional reflection and planning
- more options for organizing yourself, your job, and your life
- more helpful worksheets and forms that maximize your efficiency.
Even the
Daybook's companion website (
books.heinemann.com/daybook) features more resources to help you every day. ) features more resources to help you every day. Each day you spend in a classroom offers numerous chances for professional growth. Let Jim Burke guide you in organizing your time so that you can make the most out of both your professional and personal life.
About the Author
JIM BURKE teaches English at Burlingame High School. He is the author of numerous books, including The English Teacher's Companion , Writing Reminders , Tools for Thought , Illuminating Texts: How to Teach Students to Read the World , Reading Reminders , and I Hear America Reading: Why We Read - What We Read , all of which are published by Heinemann. He is also the author of The Reader's Handbook (Great Source) and Academic Workouts (First Choice Publishing). His newest books are Letters to a New Teacher: A Month-by-Month Guide to the Year Ahead s (Heinemann, 2006),s ACCESSing School: Teaching Struggling Readers to Achieve Academic and Personal Success (Heinemann, 2005), School Smarts: The Four Cs of Academic Success (Heinemann, 2004), and 50 Essential Lessons: Tools and Techniques for Teaching English LanguagesArts ( first hand, 2006). He has received numerous awards, including the NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award, the NCTE Conference on English Leadership Awa