First Year Teaching

Becoming a new teacher is one of the most fun, exciting, and challenging experiences you'll encounter in your life. Who wouldn't want a little help getting ready before sitting down behind the teacher's desk for the first time? That's where First-Year Teaching For Dummies comes in. You'll find easy-to-follow strategies and techniques to help you navigate the politics of education in your community, develop fun and fulfilling relationships with your students, and refine your own instructional style.

A retired Marine steps into middle school. Chaos salutes back. After twenty years of deployments, firefights, field chow, and unpredictable missions, Jax Sable trades the battlefield for a small town middle school. He expected schedules and lesson plans. What he gets is something far more unpredictable. He expected pencils. He gets improvised projectiles. He expected quiet hallways. He gets full scale hallway CQ. He expected normal. He gets teenagers. Enough said. Inside these pages you will find: Pencils treated like weapons Lockers decorated like Vegas Meme language that requires a ...

A weekly breath of grace for the teacher who gives her all - mind, heart, and soul. Grace for the Teacher’s Soul is a weekly devotional crafted for the woman who teaches not just with her mind, but with her spirit. Across 52 weeks, it offers a quiet space to breathe, reflect, and reconnect - with her purpose, her faith, and herself. This isn’t just another book. It’s a companion for the early mornings when doubt creeps in, and the late nights when the to-do list feels endless. It’s for the moments when she wonders if she’s making a difference and the moments when she knows she is....

Teaching is awesome. And tougher than it looks. The first year of teaching will likely be the roughest one of your career, but every year has its own unique challenges. Whether you're about to embark upon the epic journey or speeding toward burnout, I hope you can find something inspirational within this audiobook.

Many of the concepts that I'm going to share with you are pretty simple and straightforward. My goal and purpose are to get you from a new teacher to a seasoned teacher within six to eight months. So, I'm going to run through some concepts that will spring-load your teaching career. Are you ready?