My First Year as a Teacher

Twenty-Five Teachers Talk about Their Amazing First-Year Classroom Experiences

Edited by Pearl Rock Kane
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Mass Market Paperback
$6.99 US
4.15"W x 6.7"H x 0.5"D  
On sale Jul 01, 1996 | 192 Pages | 9780451188915

This inspiring book features 25 touching, hilarious, eye-opening, and true tales about the most frustrating, intimidating, underpaid, and wonderful job in the world.

In schools across America, in classes for handicapped, gifted, privileged, and disadvantaged students, these teachers recall that exciting first year, when they were often given the toughest kids and the biggest responsibilities of their careers. From coping with inner-city diversity to challenging poor self-esteem, these extraordinary images come straight from people who have already taken those first courageous steps of the novice educator. For anyone who is contemplating teaching as a profession, this invaluable collection is a must-read.

“Vivid, poignant, and often funny stories about one of the most challenging experiences anyone can have: first-year teaching.”—Albert Shanker, President, American Federation of Teachers
Acknowledgments
Foreword - Wendy Kopp
Introduction - Pearl Rock Kane
1. "Ever Been to Disneyland?" - David Callaway
2. The Road - Marcia Nehemiah
3. "Don't Waste Your Time with Those Kids" - Janice Anderson Connolly
4. The University School - Emma Lewinsohn Frey
5. David - Nancy Gustafson
6. "The Best You Can Be" - Kayla McClurg
7. Adrianna - Rosemary Genova DiBattista
8. Answers and Questions - Z. Vance Wilson
9. Learning to Read - Patrick McWilliams
10. Order in the Classroom - Andrew Dean Mullen
11. Death in the Classroom - Judy A. Luster
12. "It Say, I'm Very Mad at You" - Anita S. Charles
13. Sonny - Julie Olin Schulz
14. Johnny Carson Was My Mentor - Ronald D. Thorpe, Jr.
15. Plagiarism - Ted Fitts
16. The Forest and the Tree - Elizabeth L. Esris
17. The Ultimate Challenge - Polly Rimer Duke
18. "Welcome to the Sixth Grade" - Brad Wilcox
19. "You Can't" - David Gould
20. On Teaching: A Letter to Luke - Albert S. Thompson
21. The Accidental Teacher - Katherine Schulten
22. The Green Monongahela - John Taylor Gatto
23. My Ambition: To Teach - Yetta Haber Farber
24. Graduation - Ron Wolfson
25. Memories Are Made of This - Roberta Vicki Sherman
Index

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This inspiring book features 25 touching, hilarious, eye-opening, and true tales about the most frustrating, intimidating, underpaid, and wonderful job in the world.

In schools across America, in classes for handicapped, gifted, privileged, and disadvantaged students, these teachers recall that exciting first year, when they were often given the toughest kids and the biggest responsibilities of their careers. From coping with inner-city diversity to challenging poor self-esteem, these extraordinary images come straight from people who have already taken those first courageous steps of the novice educator. For anyone who is contemplating teaching as a profession, this invaluable collection is a must-read.

“Vivid, poignant, and often funny stories about one of the most challenging experiences anyone can have: first-year teaching.”—Albert Shanker, President, American Federation of Teachers

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword - Wendy Kopp
Introduction - Pearl Rock Kane
1. "Ever Been to Disneyland?" - David Callaway
2. The Road - Marcia Nehemiah
3. "Don't Waste Your Time with Those Kids" - Janice Anderson Connolly
4. The University School - Emma Lewinsohn Frey
5. David - Nancy Gustafson
6. "The Best You Can Be" - Kayla McClurg
7. Adrianna - Rosemary Genova DiBattista
8. Answers and Questions - Z. Vance Wilson
9. Learning to Read - Patrick McWilliams
10. Order in the Classroom - Andrew Dean Mullen
11. Death in the Classroom - Judy A. Luster
12. "It Say, I'm Very Mad at You" - Anita S. Charles
13. Sonny - Julie Olin Schulz
14. Johnny Carson Was My Mentor - Ronald D. Thorpe, Jr.
15. Plagiarism - Ted Fitts
16. The Forest and the Tree - Elizabeth L. Esris
17. The Ultimate Challenge - Polly Rimer Duke
18. "Welcome to the Sixth Grade" - Brad Wilcox
19. "You Can't" - David Gould
20. On Teaching: A Letter to Luke - Albert S. Thompson
21. The Accidental Teacher - Katherine Schulten
22. The Green Monongahela - John Taylor Gatto
23. My Ambition: To Teach - Yetta Haber Farber
24. Graduation - Ron Wolfson
25. Memories Are Made of This - Roberta Vicki Sherman
Index

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