Starting Strong: Surviving and Thriving as a New Teacher

Presenting time-tested strategies specifically designed for new classroom instructors, Starting Strong, Second Edition, is the ideal survival guide for navigating your crucial first year of teaching. Starting at the beginning, the authors offer basic classroom layout suggestions for an optimal learning environment and practices any novice teacher can use to establish procedures that promote positive individual and group behavior.

Moving from classroom management to instructional responsibilities, this indispensable resource offers clear guidelines for designing curriculum and instruction and methods for effective assessment. Additional how-to features include: Samples of oral and written communication for parents and colleagues. Ways to create classroom newsletters, Techniques for using Web sites for interactive learning, Reflection questions for teachers at the end of each chapter. With plenty of food-for-thought ideas, this invaluable text helps teachers gain confidence and competence and reduce stress during that all-important first year!