My First Year in the Classroom
eBook - ePub

My First Year in the Classroom

50 Stories That Celebrate the Good, the Bad, and the Most Unforgettable Moments

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

My First Year in the Classroom

50 Stories That Celebrate the Good, the Bad, and the Most Unforgettable Moments

About this book

"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear."
—Lao TzuBut is the teacher ready? That's the question that haunts every teacher that fateful first day in the classroom. Making it through that day and the 179 school days that follow is how every career in education—and lifelong learning—truly begins. In this collection, fifty teachers share the trials, tribulations, and triumphs they've experienced during their first year on the job. Organized along the lines of the school calendar, these touching tales illustrate the learning curve experienced by new teachers:

  • Facing Day One
  • Meeting the Students
  • Surprising the Students
  • Bonding with Faculty and Staff
  • Being Surprised by the Students
  • Watching the Students Bloom
  • Saying Farewell


From the hilariously obsessive-compulsive preparation of a rookie English professor to the poignant lesson a bold third grader imparts upon his novice teacher about love and acceptance, this moving collection is sure to motivate new and veteran teachers alike.

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Preparing for a New Year
Q1
Nancy Polny with Jessica Polny
Reluctant Journey
Q1
Beth Schart
Never Let Them See You Sweat
Q1
Linda O’Connell
My Open House Orientation
Q1
Felice Prager
Whupped
Q1
Robin Amada Tzucker
High and Dry
Q1
Sara F. Shacter
Coping
Q1
Jacqueline Seewald
The Beginning of Hope
Q1
Dr. Sharon A. Lynch
Rumors
Q1
Kari-Lynn Winters
Student Teaching
Q1
Kimberlee Rizzitano
Not to Mention the Python
Q1
Judy Nickles
That Which Does Not Destroy Me
Q1
Melinda Huynh
Coming Full Circle
Q1
Sharon Blumberg
With the Accent on Foreign
Q1
Susan Peters
Preconceptions
Q1
Barri L. Bumgarner
Two Years for the Pain of One
Q1
Bet...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Preparing for a New Year
  7. Reluctant Journey
  8. Never Let Them See You Sweat
  9. My Open House Orientation
  10. Whupped
  11. High and Dry
  12. Coping
  13. The Beginning of Hope
  14. Rumors
  15. Student Teaching
  16. Not to Mention the Python
  17. That Which Does Not Destroy Me
  18. Coming Full Circle
  19. With the Accent on Foreign
  20. Preconceptions
  21. Two Years for the Pain of One
  22. It’s All Good
  23. Mrs. Psycho Loses Her Place in English Class
  24. A Sharp Memory
  25. It’s All about the Preparation
  26. Classroom Clown
  27. What Do You Teach Best
  28. The First Day of the Rest of My Career
  29. The Twisted, Noisy Path
  30. A First Year That Never Ended
  31. A Class Surprise
  32. Lessons Learned
  33. Jeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy
  34. We Are Just Crazy
  35. Part-Time Teaching Is a Full-Time Job
  36. Sweet Success
  37. How to Teach When You Look Sixteen
  38. Teaching Josh
  39. Classroom What Classroom
  40. Taking Charge of the Cultural Classroom
  41. Here’s to Bad Teaching Days
  42. Blue Hawaii
  43. Pizza
  44. RT (1982)
  45. Reading the Riot Act
  46. Quiet Time in the Fourth Grade
  47. Substitute Initiation
  48. Mary
  49. Beautiful
  50. The Midday Gasp
  51. Special Words
  52. The Perfect Mistake
  53. When I Breathed I Clinked
  54. Learning to Say Goodbye
  55. Left
  56. Closing
  57. Contributor Biographies