Your First Year as a High School Teacher: Making the Transition from Total Novice to Successful Professional

By Lynne Marie Rominger and Suzanne Packard Laughrea

Survive & Thrive in the Classroom From Day One! Teaching high school students is the toughest job you'll ever love. Of course, often it is an acquired love. You must learn to manage your students' education and play parent, counselor, police officer, and mentor. Wow! Now relax -it doesn't have to be overwhelming. With a little preparation you can ensure that you and your students get the most out of your time in the classroom and enjoy it! Full of real-world advice and answers for the complex issues facing today's high school teachers, this down-to-earth and witty book will teach you how to create an atmosphere of cooperation, learning, and respect within your classroom. Use this helpful guide as your personal mentor to achieve a successful and satisfying career as a high school teacher. Earn straight A's your first year by knowing how to: ?Create an attention-grabbing and interactive teaching environment ?Manage difficult students and unique teenage problems ?Communicate, educate, and have fun with your students ?Balance the demands of old-school administrators and pushy parents ?Fairly assess, grade, and evaluate students ?Develop effective and engrossing lesson plans "Straightforward, up-to-date, and engaging. I've seen a lot of resource books for new teachers, and this is the best of the bunch." - Wendell Geis , continuing education administrator, University of California, Davis

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761529691
• ISBN13: 9780761529699
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great Review of College Preparation

I have been searching for teaching job for 4 years now and have finally been offered one. After being out of college for that long period, I was worried about my classroom managment practices. This book was a great review of everything learned in college plus some! I also have Wong's First Days of School. I think that this text far surpasses Wong's.

The first HS teaching book I liked!

As any of you out there in my shoes (about to start teaching secondary school) know, How To books about teaching are abundant for elementary teachers, and in very short supply for us. However, this one is great, even if only as a confidence builder. It does have some great suggestions, lists, and helpfully points out other resources, especially online. So glad I bought it! I've read it once through, and have gone back and re-read chapters as well.

The best book I've read yet

As a recent grad with a job starting in August I find myself reading as many books as possible. Most tell me what I already know. This book is different. I've never seen a book cover so many topics so well. The beginning focuses on lesson planning, setting up your classroom, management, etc. Not only does it discuss these issues but the sidebars have different helpful themes. Some define teaching terms, others give the address of a useful webpage, while some are quick stories or tips from established teachers.Not only does this book help with the basics and give plenty of resources, it goes deeper than any other book I've seen. This book covers touchy subjects that most don't dare talk about. It discusses relationships with peers (it even touches on going out drinking with them), problems with students (such as sex, drugs, abuse, rape, depression, etc) and more. In short I would highly recommend this book to any new teacher.

About as helpful as they come...

After looking through book after book, trying to find that elusive Holy Grail of introductory teaching manuals, I found this. A real gem, giving advice on everything from seating charts to discipline to lesson planning. If you're a new teacher, especially if you haven't taken a lot of education courses, GET THIS BOOK. While it is an easy read, it is crammed full of information, and has calmed my first-year jitters a great deal.

An Excellent Resource

This book is EXCELLENT. It reminds me of the book "The First Days of School", only it is geared specifically toward high school teachers. I highly recommend it.