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The new teacher book : finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom / edited by Linda Christensen...[et al.]

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Rethinking Schools, c2019.

First year teachers.

First year teachers -- In-service training.

9780942961034 (pbk.)

xv, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Chapter 1: Getting Off to a Good Start -- Time to Learn / Kelley Dawson Salas -- Q/A Should I try to be a friend to my students? -- How I Survived My First Year / Bill Bigelow -- Q/A What should I wear to school? -- Teaching for Social Justice / Herbert Kohl -- 12 Tips for New Teachers / Larry Miller -- Teaching in the Undertow: Resisting the Pull of Schooling-As-Usual / Gregory Michie -- How Jury Duty Saved My Career / Stephanie Walters -- Chapter 2: Creating Classroom Community -- Building Community from Chaos / Linda Christensen -- Q/A How can I start building community in my classroom? -- Brown Kids Can't Be in Our Club : Raising Issues of Race with Young Children / Rita Tenorio -- Q/A What can I do when a student makes a racist or sexist remark? -- Framing the Family Tree: How Teachers Can Be Sensitive to Students' Family Situations / Sudie Hofmann -- Q/A What do I do when I realize I?ve made a mistake with a child? -- Heather's Moms Got Married / Mary Cowhey -- Out Front / Annie Johnston -- Creating Chemistry in Sophomore Chemistry / Terry Burant -- Creating a Literate and Passionate Community / Tracy Wagner -- Getting Your Classroom Together / Bob Peterson -- Uncovering the Lessons of Classroom Furniture: You Are Where You Sit / Tom McKenna -- Chapter 3: Curriculum, Standards, and Testing -- Creating Classrooms for Equity and Social Justice / The Editors -- Curriculum Is Everything That Happens : An Interview with Veteran Teacher Rita Tenorio -- Q/A Where can I look for curriculum materials? -- Standards and Tests Attack Multiculturalism / Bill Bigelow -- Q/A My students don't bring back their homework. Should I keep assigning it? -- Working Effectively with English Language Learners / Bob Peterson and Kelley Dawson Salas -- Q/A I hate the textbook I've been given to use. What can I do? -- Q/A How do I get started planning a teaching unit? -- I Just Want to Read Frog and Toad / Melanie Quinn 191 -- Q/A How can I get started using poems with my students? -- Teaching Controversial Content / Kelley Dawson Salas -- Q/A How do I get a student to redo an assignment? -- Even First-Year Teachers Have Rights / Bill Bigelow -- Q/A How do I prepare for a substitute teacher? -- Testing Kindergarten: Young Children Produce Data Lots of Data / Kelly McMahon -- Q/A How can I prepare my students for a field trip? -- Dealing with Standardized Tests / Kelley Dawson Salas -- Reading Between the Bubbles: Teaching Students to Critically Examine Tests / Linda Christensen -- Q/A I'm totally nervous about being evaluated. And I just got a letter from my principal informing me I'm going to be observed! What should I do? -- Chapter 4: Discipline: Rescuing the Remains of the Day When Class Doesn't Go as Planned -- The Best Discipline Is Good Curriculum / Kelley Dawson Salas -- Discipline: No Quick Fix / Linda Christensen -- Q/A How can I help my students stay organized? -- The Challenge of Classroom Discipline / Bob Peterson -- From Sit Down!? to Stand-Up: Laugh Your Classroom Management Problems Away / Don Rose -- Q/A Do I have to spend my own money on classroom supplies? -- Making Rules / Dale Weiss -- Exile Has Its Place / T. Elijah Hawkes -- Helping Students Deal with Anger / Kelley Dawson Salas -- Chapter 5: Making Change in the World Beyond the Classroom -- Why We Need to Go Beyond the Classroom / Stan Karp 287 -- Q/A Should I leave the school I'm in? -- So What Is a Teacher Union Anyway? / Stephanie Walters -- Teachable Moments Not Just for Kids / Susan Naimark -- Q/A What should I do if I suspect a student is a victim of abuse? -- We Must Act as if All the Children Are Ours : An Interview with Parent Activist Lola Glover -- Q/A What should I do about the parent who keeps showing up in our classroom unannounced, or a parent who's upset and wants to meet with me during the school day? -- Unwrapping the Holidays: Reflections on a Difficult First Year / Dale Weiss -- Q/A What should I do if I am asked to take on extracurricular duties or coaching responsibilities as a new teacher? -- Getting Students Off the Track / Jessica Singer Early -- Moving Beyond Tired / S. J. Childs -- Action Education: Teacher Organizers Take Quality into Their Own Hands / Melissa Bollow Tempel -- Chapter 6: Resources -- Other Resources from Rethinking Schools.

Christensen, Linda.

Rethinking Schools (Firm)

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