Two veteran educators share inside secrets, anecdotes, and practical advice for teachers, intended to save years of frustrating experimentation and mistakes. From handling your first day on the job to dealing with burnout, this book covers all the things no one ever told you in your formal education courses. The Unauthorized Teacher's Survival Guide is invaluable for new teachers and reassuring for more experienced educators. Added bonus: a thorough list of the most helpful Web sites for teachers, including resources, organizations, and support groups. Key features include, a glossary of teaching terms, the best advice on every situation a new teacher might encounter, gleaned from 50 years of teaching experience, new statistics regarding school violence, including updated data on gangs, weapons in the classroom, drug and alcohol use, and violence on campus, and ways to use today's technology in your classroom.
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"Extremely helpful and comprehensive; a great tool for new teachers, as well as a resource for experienced teachers." -- Giselle Fleming, MBA; Work InSight Outreach Liaison, Williams Career Development Center @ Cleveland Sight Center
"I wish I would have had this book when I was starting out." -- Lynn Paden, high school English teacher
"Something that every teacher, no matter what level of teaching, should own!" -- Pat Greenan, ICE Coordinator and President of the IICCA, Harrison High School, West Lafayette, IN --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"I wish I would have had this book when I was starting out." -- Lynn Paden, high school English teacher
"Something that every teacher, no matter what level of teaching, should own!" -- Pat Greenan, ICE Coordinator and President of the IICCA, Harrison High School, West Lafayette, IN --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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This second edition is an essential reference for both new and experienced educators. It provides practical answers to teachers' real concerns. The authors, two veteran educators, surveyed hundreds of teachers and school administrators while writing the book. They helped identify the most important issues and frustrations that teachers face today. Their collective wisdom, as well as the authors' answers to their concerns, is included in this unique book.
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41 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great for elementary only,
By Laurie (Virginia, US) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Unauthorized Teacher's Survival Guide: An Essential Reference for Both New and Experienced Educators (Unauthorized Teacher Survival Guide) (Paperback)
For new teachers going into elementary school, this book is filled with good ideas and helpful advice. However, much of the writing is based on elementary students only. Most of the ideas would be considered too childish to use with middle or high school students. Also, many of the advice is clearly for elementary only (rewards for lining up in the hallway, giving students hugs, procedures for borrowing crayons, etc.) Looking at secondary teaching, I found this book disappointing.
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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Survival Tips no Teacher Should be Without,
By George (Dayton, Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Unauthorized Teacher's Survival Guide (Paperback)
As a newer teacher in Middle America, I found this compact book to be an extremely worthwhile investment of my time and money. This book has lots of examples and advice to handle those non-education scenarios that often "make or break" a new teacher. Great tips on dealing with other staff (not all will be helpful!), parents etc. This is a book that will help all teachers, especially newer ones like myself, thrive and survive. Buy it. Read it. Its worth it (as is First Days of School by Mary Wang).
25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Unauthorized Teacher's Survival Guide (Paperback)
As a preservice teacher, I have researched several dozen books of this nature, and I found this one to be the best. It is a compact size (for tucking into my book-bag or purse), and it has hundreds of real-world teaching tips, scenarios and situations for consideration. There's solid information on gaining insight into youself as a person and as a teacher, and down-to-earth and sensible information on how to be successful in the classroom from the start. I got a huge charge of self-confidence from reading this book.
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