Todd Whitaker - Your First Year: How to Survive and Thrive as a New Teacher

Learn all the essentials for making your first year of teaching a success! In this exciting new book, internationally renowned educator Todd Whitaker teams up with his daughtersMadeline, an elementary teacher, and Katherine, a secondary teacherto share advice and inspiration. They offer step-by-step guidance to thriving in your new role and overcoming the challenges that many new teachers face. Topics include:

• Learning classroom management skills such as building relationships and maintaining high expectations and consistency
• Setting up your classroom and establishing procedures and rules
• Planning effective lessons and making your instructional time an engaging experience
• Managing your own emotions in the classroom and dealing effectively with misbehavior
• Working with peers, administrators, and parents to build support and foster collaboration

The book is filled with specific examples and vignettes from elementary, middle, and high school classes, so youll gain helpful strategies no matter what grade level and subject area you teach. Youll also fi nd out how to make tweaks or hit the reset button when something isnt going as planned. Things may not always go perfectly your first year, but the practical advice in this book will help you stay motivated on the path to success!

Bonus: As you read the book, get even more out of it by discussing it with others. Free study guides for practicing teachers and student teachers are available as eResource downloads from our website (www.routledge.com/9781138126152).

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How to Survive and Thrive as a New Teacher

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First published 2016

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Names: Whitaker, Todd, 1959- author. | Whitaker, Madeline, author. | Whitaker, Katherine, author.

Title: Your first year : how to survive and thrive as a new teacher / by Todd Whitaker, Madeline Whitaker, and Katherine Whitaker.

Description: New York : Routledge, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015046874 | ISBN 9781138126152 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781315647050 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: First year teachers--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Teaching--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Classification: LCC LB2844.1.N4 W53 2016 | DDC 371.102--dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/201504687

ISBN: 978-1-138-12615-2 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-64705-0 (ebk)

DOI: 10.4324/9781315647050

Typeset in Palatino

by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby

This book is accompanied by two free study guidesone for practicing teachers and one for student teachers. Go to the books product page, www.routledge.com/9781138126152. Click on the tab that says eResources and click on the study guide youd like to read. It will begin downloading to your computer.

Dr. Todd Whitaker has been fortunate to be able to blend his passion with his career. Recognized as a leading presenter in the field of education, his message about the importance of teaching has resonated with hundreds of thousands of educators around the world. Todd is a professor of educational leadership at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, and he has spent his life pursuing his love of education by researching and studying effective teachers and principals.

Prior to moving into higher education he was a math teacher and basketball coach in Missouri. Todd then served as a principal at the middle school, junior high, and high school levels. He was also a middle school coordinator in charge of staffing, curriculum, and technology for the opening of new middle schools.

One of the nations leading authorities on staff motivation, teacher leadership, and principal effectiveness, Todd has written over 40 books including the national bestseller, What Great Teachers Do Differently. Other titles include: Shifting the Monkey, Dealing with Difficult Teachers, The 10 Minute Inservice, The Ball, What Great Principals Do Differently, Motivating & Inspiring Teachers, and Dealing with Difficult Parents.

Todd is married to Beth, also a former teacher and principal, who is a professor of Elementary Education at Indiana State University. They are the parents of three children: Katherine, Madeline, and Harrison.

Madeline Whitaker is currently an elementary teacher in Springfield, Missouri. She was raised in Terre Haute, Indiana, and attended Vanderbilt University to pursue her undergraduate degree at the Peabody College of Education. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education and Child Studies. Additionally, upon graduating, she received the Dorothy J. Skeel Award for Outstanding Professional Promise in Elementary Education. After moving to Columbia to begin her teaching career, she enrolled in a degree program at the University of Missouri. She will be graduating in 2016 with her Master of Education Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis as well as her elementary and secondary principal certification.