Survival Tips for New Teachers: From People Who Have Been There and Lived to Tell About It [Paperback]

Cheryl Miller Thurston (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1997

Experienced teachers from all over the country offer practical advice about dealing with discipline, building rapport with students, planning and organizing, communicating with parents, taking care of yourself and more. With gentleness, humor and straightforward honesty, teachers who have "been there and lived to tell about it" share a wide variety of short and usable tips that will help anyone new to the teaching profession.

It makes a great gift for new teachers and student teachers.

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About the Author

Cheryl Miller Thurston is a former teacher, a playwright, and author of many books for teachers, including Attitude!, Capitalization, and Extra Book, and is a winner of the Pacific Northwest Writers' Conference Children's Play Award. She lives in Loveland, Colorado.

Product Details

• Paperback: 94 pages
• Publisher: Prufrock Press, Inc. (June 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1877673307
• ISBN-13: 978-1877673306
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 6.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,324,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cheryl Miller Thurston is a writer, a former English teacher, and the founder of Cottonwood Press, Inc., a company that for over 20 years published innovative materials for teachers, grades 5-12, to use in the language arts classroom. (In late 2010, Cottonwood Press was sold to Prufrock Press.)

Thurston continues to write from her office in Colorado and produces the weekly "Cranky Language Lady Grammar Quiz for Grownups" at www.crankylanguagelady.com. She is also a musician and the co-creator of the humorous CD, "Polka Therapy."