Successful Teaching

Scott D. Richman is a supervisor in the Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) Professional Development Office and an Adjunct Professor at St. Petersburg College. He completed his doctorate in educational leadership at the University of South Florida (2010).Steve Permuth is professor in the College of Education and Honors College at the University of South Florida. He has more than forty (40) years of teaching and administrative experience in K-12 and higher education.Paula M. Richman has taught middle school science for seventeen years in Hillsborough County Public Schools. Paula currently serves as her school’s Title I Parent Liaison and sits on her school’s improvement team. She has served on numerous committees at both the school and district level including Hillsborough County Public School’s Middle School Science Curriculum and Assessment Writing committees.

Bravo to the authors of Successful Teaching: Practical Ideas to Make it All Happen. This hands-on approach is filled with ideas that are helpful to all of us who are teaching at the university level. These experienced educators share examples of strategies that are working in classrooms. At a time when outcomes and performance are so important to our national commitment to raise standards, here is a text that will help the novice and the experienced teacher. Classes in methods and other teacher preparation classes will benefit greatly from the experience and knowledge found in this text.

• PrefaceIntroduction1Pedagogy2Teaching Style3Relating to Students4Organization and Management5Maintaining a Balanced Life6Technology7Working with Staff, Parents, and Community Members8Putting It All TogetherAppendix: Bill Nye Video Summary WorksheetAbout the Authors