The First-Year English Teacher’s Guidebook offers practical advice and recommendations to help new English teachers thrive in the classroom. Each chapter introduces a concept crucial to a successful first year of teaching English and discusses how to incorporate that concept into your daily classroom practice. You’ll find out how to: Clearly communicate instructional goals with students, parents, and colleagues; Incorporate students' out-of-school interests into the curriculum; Use assignment-specific rubrics to respond to student writing in meaningful ways; Integrate technology into ELA instruction; Conduct student-centered writing conferences; Make time for self-care and self-improvement; and much, much more. Additionally, the guidebook provides a number of forms, templates, graphic organizers, and writing prompts that will enable you to put the author’s advice into immediate action. These tools are available for download on the book’s product page: www.routledge.com/9781138495708.

At some moments, new teachers are exhilarated. At others they wonder darkly how anyone ever convinced them to try the job. Heres help for new English teachers. The book is organized into four, jargon-free sections: A Few Basics, Theory and Practice, School Culture, and Personal Survival. Within each section there are short, focused explanations of how things actually work in high schools, and how to avoid the traps of overcommittment, classroom management, unruly student behavior, and school politics. There is also an appendix of tried and true recipes-- approaches to a variety of teaching challenges.

Brimming with inspiration and ideas, this book is a basic how-to guide for new primary teachers and education students. The author provides a complete first-day plan, parent interaction strategies, and ideas for setting up learning centers and integrating seasonal activities. Written in a conversational style, the text is punctuated with amusing and poignant stories from the author's 32 years in primary classrooms. A multitude of tips for preparation and success equip users for their first year of teaching. In addition, veteran teachers will find refreshing ideas to lift them out of the classroom doldrums and nourish their love of teaching. A must read for new teachers, this book is an invaluable addition to the professional library and a handy resource for principals and supervisors who guide and encourage teachers. Grades 1-3.

For veteran principals, new principals, and aspiring principals, this book is a valuable resource for building instructional momentum during the beginning of the school year. Educational leadership expert Shawn Joseph guides administrators through five key areas: Vision Instructional Leadership Politics Data Planning With detailed timelines, practical advice, and ready-to-use resources, Joseph explains the essential steps to leadership success that will continue throughout the school year. Supplemental Downloads available to book-buyers!

This practical, hands-on guidebook offers support for your first years in the classroom by presenting strategies to overcome ten common challenges. Expertly curated by experienced educators, this book delivers quick access to timely advice, applicable across a range of educational settings. With contributions from National Board-Certified Teachers, National Teachers of the Year, and other educators involved in robust induction and mentoring programs, The New Teacher’s Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges provides: Wise and practical tips from accomplished veterans and successful new teachers from across rural, suburban, and urban settings; Web access to an online teacher community and customizable resources created by the book’s authors that can be quickly downloaded for immediate use in the classroom; Newly commissioned material that addresses the shift to remote learning brought about by the world pandemic. Accessible and stimulating, this book is designed for a wide range of users, including PK-12 school districts who offer new teacher induction programming, traditional and alternative teacher preparation programs and teacher cadet programs, and individual in-service teachers. Don’t face the challenges alone—learn from those who have been there!

This is a complete guide to how to become a successful teacher of English in secondary school. The book enables readers to design a tailor-made program to suit their individual needs as a student teacher.

Includes Part 1, Number 1: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - June)

This book provides step-by-step procedures, student hand-outs, and samples of student work.

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.