The new teacher book : finding purpose, balance, and hope during your first years in the classroom / edited by Linda Christensen, Stan Karp, Bob Peterson, and Moé Yonamine.

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Other Authors: Christensen, Linda (Editor), Karp, Stan (Editor), Peterson, Bob, 1953- (Editor), Yonamine, Moé (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Milwaukee, WI : Rethinking Schools, [2019]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
First year teachers.
First year teachers > In-service training > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Effective teaching.
Teaching.
First year teachers > In-service training.
Handbooks and manuals.
Genre:
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Handbooks and manuals.
Physical Description:xv, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Starting strong. Introduction
  • Creating community out of chaos / Linda Christensen
  • A message from a black mom to her son / Dyan Watson
  • Honor their names / Linda Christensen
  • Name / Hiwot Adilow
  • Uchinaaguchi : the language of my heart / Moé Yonamine
  • Uncovering the lessons of classroom furniture : you are where you sit / Tom McKenna
  • Getting your classroom together / Bob Peterson
  • 12 suggestions for new teachers / Larry Miller
  • How i survived my first year / Bill Bigelow
  • Chapter 2: teaching for social justice
  • Introduction
  • Creating classrooms for equity and social justice : rethinking schools editors
  • Black is beautiful / Kara Hinderlie
  • Seeing ourselves with our own eyes / Katy Alexander
  • Presidents and slaves : helping students find the truth / Bob Peterson
  • Medical apartheid : teaching the Tuskegee syphilis study / Gretchen Kraig-Turner
  • Q/a: I hate the textbook I've been given to use. What can I do? / Rita Tenorio, Rachel Cloues and Bill Bigelow
  • Ell students bring the world to our classrooms / Kim Kanof
  • Speak freely / Lynsey Burkins
  • Q/A: How can I teach both content and language to English learners?
  • Resources on teaching students learning English as an additional language in ESL and bilingual programs
  • English as a second language and bilingual program types
  • Q/a: my students don't bring back their homework. Should I keep assigning it? : Promoting social imagination through interior monologues / Bill Bigelow and Linda Christensen
  • The read-around : a reading and writing strategy / Linda Christensen
  • Role plays : show, don't tell / Bill Bigelow
  • From theme and evidence wall into essay / Linda Christensen
  • Resources from rethinking schools
  • Chapter 3: Challenges and Opportunities
  • Introduction
  • Mexican Education / Alexander Jimenez
  • What I wish I had said / Anita Stratton
  • "How could you let this happen?" : dealing with 2nd graders and rape culture / Zanovia Clark
  • Howling at the ocean: surviving my first year teaching / Jaydra Johnson
  • How do I stay in a profession that is trying to push me out? / John Terry
  • Dear white teacher / Chrysanthius Lathan
  • Restorative justice starts in the classroom / Camila Arze Torres Goitia
  • Q/A: What are restorative practices and why are they important? / Bob Peterson
  • Girls against dress codes / Lyn Mikel Brown
  • Inclusivity is not a guessing game / Chelsea Vaught
  • "I believe you" : responsive teacher talk and our children's lives / Michelle Strater Gunderson
  • On behalf of their name : using they/them pronouns because they need us to / Mykhiel Deych
  • Chapter 4: Measuring what matters
  • Introduction
  • Time to get off the testing train / Stan Karp
  • What's wrong with standardized tests? / Graphic by FairTest
  • Fourteen days SBAC took away / Moé Yonamine
  • Testing assumptions / Claudierre McKay, Aaron Regunberg, and Tim Shea
  • My dirty little secret: I don't grade student papers : helping students find their passion helps them learn how to write well / Linda Christensen
  • Taking teacher quality seriously : a collaborative approach to teacher evaluation / Stan Karp
  • Beyond test scores : introducing the MCIEA school quality measures / James Noonan
  • Chapter 5: Beyond the Classroom
  • Introduction
  • Moving beyond the classroom / Stan Karp
  • Q/A: as a new educator why should I be concerned about school privatization?
  • School funding basics / Stan Karp
  • Why teacher unions matter / Bob Peterson
  • New teachers to the union: count us in! / Gabriel Tanglao
  • From outrage to organizing : building community ties through education activism / Ikechukwu Onyema
  • Why community schools? : public schools as greenhouses of democracy
  • Q/A: How can I decide if a school reform project is worth supporting?
  • "Aren't you on the parent listserv?" : working for equitable family involvement in a dual-immersion elementary school / Grace Cornell Gonzales
  • Blood on the tracks : why are there so few black students in our science classes? / Amy Lindahl
  • Little kids, big ideas : teaching social issues and global conflicts with young children
  • Action education : education organizers worth connecting with.