First Year Teacher: Wisdom, Warnings, and What I Wish I'd Known My First 100 Days on the Job [Paperback]

Randy Howe (Editor)

Book Description

Series: First Year | Publication Date: May 1, 2007

First Year Teacher is an invaluable resource for newbie teachers.  It offers hundreds of tips, warnings, and anecdotes from experienced educators--all in one warm and charming package.

 

First Year Teacher features:

• Valuable advice and personal accounts from experienced teachers
• Tips on subjects from time management to avoiding burnout

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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About the Author

Randy Howe received his Masters of Professional Studies in Special Education from Manhattanville College and his administrative certification from Teachers College at Columbia University as a part of the Future School Administrators Academy. He is the author of two books and writes a weekly philosophy article for McGraw-Hill's Higher Education.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing; Original edition (May 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419551175
• ISBN-13: 978-1419551178
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 3.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,128,363 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Randy Howe is a special education teacher at The Sound School in New Haven, CT. He is married to Alicia Solis and has a daughter and a son, as well as a cat and a dog, as well as a white picket fence.

Randy has written more than 20 books for Kaplan and Globe Pequot Press (GPP), as well as five "Brainiac" trivia card box sets. Among his best sellers are "Teacher Haiku," "The Quotable Teacher," "Spelling Bee Brainiac," "Nifty 50 States Brainiac," "Flags of the Fifty States," "First Year Teacher," "Globetrotting Brainiac," "Here We Stand," and "A+ Educators." In 2010, Kaplan will publish "One Size Does Not Fit All," a collection of teacher stories about addressing issues of diversity in the classroom. Randy is the editor. Also looking forward, GPP will publish "1001 Smartest Things Teachers Ever Said."

Randy's website is www.randyhowe.net and there is a group called "The Quotable Teacher" on Facebook. Feel free to join by clicking on Like. On Twitter, he tweets as fitzhowe, but admits that tweeting is not yet a strong suit.

In 1989, Randy graduated from Fox Lane High School. In 1993, he received his BA from Hobart College. In 1995, he was awarded a Masters of Professional Studies by Manhattanville College and in 2001 earned his administrative certification from Teachers College, Columbia University. One year later, he began writing a weekly philosophy column for McGraw-Hill's college division. His first book was published in 2002, as well.