Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers

Elaine K. McEwan is an educational consultant with The McEwan-Adkins Group, offering professional development for educators to assist them in meeting the challenges of literacy learning in Grades Pre K-6. A former teacher, librarian, principal, and assistant superintendent for instruction in several suburban Chicago school districts, Elaine is the award-winning and best-selling author of more than three dozen books for educators. Her Corwin Press titles include Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High Schools: Five Simple-to-Follow Strategies for Principals, Second Edition (2006), Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers: Using Cognitive Research to Boost K-8 Achievement (2004), Ten Traits of Highly Effective Principals: From Good to Great Performance (2003), Making Sense of Research: What's Good, What's Not, and How to Tell the Difference (2003), Seven Steps to Effective Instructional Leadership, Second Edition (2003), Teach Them ALL to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall through the Cracks (2002), and Ten Traits of Highly Effective Teachers: How to Hire, Mentor, and Coach Successful Teachers (2001). McEwan was honored by the Illinois Principals Association as an outstanding instructional leader, by the Illinois State Board of Education with an Award of Excellence in the Those Who Excel Program, and by the National Association of Elementary School Principals as the National Distinguished Principal from Illinois for 1991. She received her undergraduate degree in education from Wheaton College and advanced degrees in library science (MA) and educational administration (EdD) from Northern Illinois University.

Preface About the Author 1. Who Is the Effective Teacher? 2. Personal Traits That Indicate Character: What an Effective Teacher Is 3. Teaching Traits That Get Results: With-It-Ness and Style 4. Teaching Traits That Get Results: Motivational Expertise 5. Teaching Traits That Get Results: Instructional Effectiveness 6. Intellectual Traits That Demonstrate Knowledge, Curiosity, and Awareness 7. Hiring Highly Effective Teachers 8. Mentoring New Teachers: How to Retain the Effective Teachers You Hire 9. Energizing and Empowering Experienced Teachers Conclusion Resource A: Graphic Organizers Resource B: List of Ten Traits With Definitions Resource C: Interview Questions Resource D: Recommended Reading List Resource E: Exercises to Energize Experienced Teachers References Index

"This is an outstanding book with practical, ready-to-use suggestions on how to improve teaching and learning in our schools. As practitioners, my students found the books to be researched-based and easy to absorb, with meaningful reflection activities to focus on present and future practices." -- Pauli Nikolay, Adjunct Professor "Simple to understand and 'just what the doctor ordered' if you are looking to improve upon teacher skills and teachers' ability to become more effective." -- SubJournal, Fall 2004