The New Teacher Book: Finding Purpose, Balance and Hope During Your First Years in the Classroom. This item is unavailable.The New Teacher Book: Finding Purpose, Balance and Hope During Your First Years in the Classroom

The New Teacher Book Teaching is a lifelong challenge, but the first few years in the classroom are typically a teacher's hardest. This expanded collection of writings and reflections offers practical guidance on how to navigate the school system, form rewarding relationships with colleagues, and connect in meaningful ways with students and families from all cultures and backgrounds. Full description

"Just when new teachers might feel that it's time to throw in the towel, The New Teacher Book makes 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 ... will inspire and motivate all educators..." -- Sonia Nieto "professor emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst"

"The New Teacher Book is 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"

"An indispensable resource for new teachers has only become better! Every essay in The New Teacher Book comes 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 Bay"

"This second edition of The New Teacher Book is even better than the first. It's a roadmap that will help new teachers navigate the rough journey of doing right by their students and a reminder to us all that responsible and responsive teaching must be learner-centered and set in the context of vigorous social consciousness." -- Adam Urbanski "President of the Rochester Teachers Association, founding director of the Teacher Union Reform Network"