The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide, Second Edition

The completely revised and updated edition of the best-selling First-Year Teacher's Survival Kit offers beginning teachers a wide variety of tested strategies, activities, and tools for creating a positive and dynamic learning environment while meeting the challenges of each school day. The book is filled with valuable tips, suggestions, and ideas for helping teachers with everything from becoming effective team players and connecting with students to handling behavior problems and working within diverse classrooms.

This new edition has been updated to reflect recent changes in the K–12 classroom and includes the most current information to

• Meet the professional development requirementsof the No Child Left Behind Act

• Help struggling readers

• Implement technology solutions for the classroom

• Teach English language learners

• Reach and teach students in poverty

• Work effectively within a nontraditionalschool-year schedule

• Use graphic organizers creatively

• Set goals to help students succeed

• Intervene with students who are capable butchoose not to work

• Understand teachers' rights and responsibilities regarding disciplinary issues

Praise for the Second Edition of The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide

"Every new teacher of the twenty-first century needs this book! Julia Thompson has skillfully created an invaluable survival guide filled with a wealth of expertise and wisdom to help new teachers through almost every problem they may encounter."

—Sherry Cameron, sixth-grade resource teacher,Richard B. Wilson K–8 School, Tucson, Arizona

"Julia Thompson's First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide offers new teachers time-tested, practical, and innovative advice on how to manage critical aspects of a teacher's life. Thompson uses her own expertise and high standards to show novice professionals how they can not just survive, but thrive. Best of all, her own love of her students shines on every page."

—Margaret Hallau, director, National Outreach, Research, and Evaluation Network at the Laurent Clerc NationalDeaf Education Center, Gallaudet University

"This book should be mandatory reading for all beginning teachers! Julia Thompson has created an invaluable resource that will empower new teachers with its wealth of practical information, classroom-proven strategies, and wise advice."

—Robin Gardner, Uniserv director,Virginia Education Association, Richmond, Virginia

This comprehensive resource gives new teachers a wide variety of tested strategies, activities and tools for creating a positive and dynamic learning environment while meeting the challenges of each school day. Covers lesson planning, student motivation and behavior problems, and building strong relationships with students, staff, and parents.

The best-selling First Year Teacher's Survival Kitgives new teachers a wide variety of tested strategies, activities, and tools for creating a positive and dynamic learning environment while meeting the challenges of each school day. Packed with valuable tips, the book helps new teachers with everything from becoming effective team players and connecting with students to handling behavior problems and working within diverse classrooms.

The new edition is fully revised and updated to cover changes in the K-12 classroom over the past five years. Updates to the second edition include:

• New ways teachers can meet the professional development requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act

• Entirely new section on helping struggling readers, to address the declining literacy rate among today’s students

• Expanded coverage of helpful technology solutions for the classroom

• Expanded information on teaching English Language Learners

• Greater coverage of the issues/challenges facing elementary teachers

• More emphasis on how to reach and teach students of poverty

• Updated study techniques that have proven successful with at-risk students

• Tips on working effectively within a non-traditional school year schedule

• The latest strategies for using graphic organizers

• More emphasis on setting goals to help students to succeed

• More information on intervening with students who are capable but choose not to work

• Updated information on teachers’ rights and responsibilities regarding discipline issues

• Fully revised Resources appendix including the latest educational Web sites and software

Julia G. Thompsonhas been a public school teacher for more than twenty-five years. She has taught a wide variety of subjects including English, reading, special education, math, geography, home economics, physical education, and employment skills. She is the best-selling author of Discipline Survival Kit for the Secondary Teacher.