The New Teacher Book: Finding Purpose, Balance and Hope During Your First Years in the Classroom
Just when new teachers might feel that it's time to throw in the towel,The New Teacher Bookmakes its appearance with stimulating stories, ideas, and encouragement that remind teachers why they entered the profession in the first place. Grounded in a deep respect for teachers, the articles, ideas, and resources will inspire and motivate all educators, not just those new to the profession. By questioning the stale prescriptions and taken-for-granted practices so common in education today, this book sends a powerful message that education is above all about social justice.--Sonia Nieto, professor emerita, University of Massachusetts AmherstAn indispensable resource for new teachers has only become better! Every essay inThe New Teacher Bookcomes right out of a real teacher's experience, to help today's beginners learn to make real their vision of a caring and socially just classroom, even when everything seems to be working against that vision.--Christine Sleeter, professor emerita, California State University Monterey BayThe New Teacher Bookis full of insight and wisdom - much of it hard-won - from educators committed to their profession, their colleagues, their students, and to social justice. New (and 'old') teachers, teacher educators, and mentors will find themselves nodding in recognition and leaving this page-turner inspired and recommitted.--Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford UniversityAn indispensable resource for new teachers has only become better! Every essay inThe New Teacher Bookcomes right out of a real teacher's experience, to help today's beginners learn to make real their vision of a caring and socially just classroom, even when everything seems to be working against that vision.--Christine Sleeter, professor emerita, California State University Monterey BayThe New Teacher Bookis full of insight and wisdom - much of it hard-won - from educators committed to their profession, their colleagues, their students, and to social justice. New (and 'old') teachers, teacher educators, and mentors will find themselves nodding in recognition and leaving this page-turner inspired and recommitted.--Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University