You Can Do This : Hope and Help for New Teachers.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- CHAPTER 1: You Can Be Yourself: Developing Your Own Teaching Style -- Go Ahead and Borrow a Few Tricks, but Remember Who You Are -- Learn from Others, but Do What Works for You -- take time to reflect -- you're allowed to experiment -- CHAPTER 2: You Can Have a Life: Finding Balance -- Start with the Little Moments -- Observe a "Sabbath" -- Find Ways to Be More Efficient -- Only Give Meaningful Work -- Don't Try to Do It All -- Separate Work from the Rest of Your Life -- Cultivate and Nurture Interests outside of School -- Watch Your Money -- 1. build-and stick to-a budget -- 2. cash is king -- 3. save! -- 4. get a summer job if you can stand it -- 5. plan for summertime finances -- CHAPTER 3: You Can Smile Before Christmas: What to Do with Bad Advice -- Some Common Pieces of Bad Advice -- bad advice #1: you need a teaching make-over -- bad advice #2: you need a bag of tricks -- bad advice #3: you just need to work harder -- bad advice #4: all you have to do is . . . -- bad advice #5: fake it 'til you make it -- CHAPTER 4: You Can Design Great Lessons: How to Tackle Planning -- Ask Why First -- Focus on Your Standards -- Plan Ahead -- Don't Try to Cover Everything -- Be Prepared, but Don't Over-Prepare -- Stick to the Plan, Not the Script -- CHAPTER 5: You Can Find Common Ground: Working with Parents -- Be Proactive -- Empower Parents to Advocate for Their Students the Right Way -- Remember, They're Not Your Parents Even If They're Old Enough to Be -- Keep in Mind That They Want What's Best for Their Children -- Admit When You're Wrong -- Don't Try to Defuse -- Listen -- Some Parents Won't Want to Get Involved, and That's Okay -- Don't Be a Tattletale -- Don't Gang up on Students -- Don't Fight in Front of the Children.

CHAPTER 6: You Can Keep Things Running Smoothly: Managing Your Classroom -- Sometimes, You're the Discipline Problem -- Remember, You're Not Their Peers -- You're Not Their Parents or Their Colleagues, Either -- Remember, You're There to Teach, Not to Control -- Never Embarrass Your Students -- Reference -- CHAPTER 7: You Can Bounce Back: Recovering from Mistakes -- Admit You Made a Mistake -- Learn the Right Way to Fail -- Back to My Mistake -- CHAPTER 8: You Can Get Better: Growing Your Own Teaching Style -- Understand Your Standards -- Working with Assigned Mentors -- Finding Your Own Mentors -- Make the Most of Every Professional Development Opportunity -- Pick Your Battles -- A Lot of What You Learned in School Will Never Work for You -- CHAPTER 9: You Can Shine: Distinguishing Yourself as an Educator -- Become Your Best -- Learn from Everyone -- Find Your Passion -- Understand Your School System -- Make Professional Connections outside Your School -- Focus on Your Students -- CHAPTER 10: You Can Lead: Becoming a Master Teacher -- Find Your Why -- Accept the Messiness -- Questions for Discussion -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

HOPE IS ON THE WAY! "I firmly believe that what will make you a master teacher is not the advice I give you; what will make you a master teacher is that you figure out how to solve those challenges on your own, in your own way." -From the Preface As a new teacher you face numerous challenges. Right from the start you must learn how to manage a class full of restless students; develop productive relationships with fellow teachers, administrators, and parents; and design engaging lesson plans that will meet ever-increasing levels of accountability all while building a life for yourself in the process. It can be overwhelming and sometimes you can feel like you're all alone. And yet, you came to this profession because you want to make a difference. How do you juggle the demands of the profession and find your own voice, your own teaching style, your own teaching self? The good news is that you can do this. In this down-to-earth, inspirational book, bestselling author Robyn Jackson offers encouragement and real-world advice for navigating those difficult years as a beginning teacher. Sharing stories from her own humbling first years as a new teacher, Robyn helps you tackle challenges such as motivating students, planning effective lessons, building relationships with parents, bouncing back from embarrassing mistakes, and finding your own authority as a teacher. She also helps you find success outside the classroom with practical pointers for living on a teacher's salary and carving out time to have a life of your own. With candor and a good deal of wit, she gently guides you to develop your own teaching style and, ultimately, to find your own path toward mastery. Robyn speaks to new educators as a trusted mentor, one who knows how to navigate the tricky terrain of "new teacherdom"-and knows how rich and rewarding the payoff will be. If you're new to

the profession or know someone about to embark on a teaching career,You Can Do Thisis the essential roadmap to succeeding as a new educator both inside and outside the classroom.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.