Recommended Books: Beginning Teacher

Recommended Books: Beginning Teacher

First Days of School: How to be an Effective Teacher by Harry Wong: A must read for a student teacher/ first year teacher is "The First Days of School" by Harry Wong. I read the book several times before my first year and repeated some sections after that.

Survival Kit for New Teachers by Emma S. McDonald and Dyan M. Hershman: The life of a new teacher is full of unfamiliar experiences and questions. This book is a wealth of advice and guidance for the elementary teacher. This book, along with "Harry's Wong's First Days of School," gives the beginning teacher a powerful arsenal to help make the new teachers first year of teaching a successful one.

First-Year Teacher's Survival Kit: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools & Activities for Meeting the Challenges of Each School Day
by Julia G. Thompson

Classroom Discipline Problem Solver: Ready-to-Use Techniques & Materials for Managing All Kinds of Behavior Problems (Ready-To-Use)

How to Help New Teachers
Hot off the NCTE presses, Tensions and Triumphs in the Early Years of Teaching: Real-world Findings and Advice For.Supporting New Teachers outlines experiences of seven teacher-authors from the preservice year through the first six years of teaching.

eTeach: A Teacher Resource for Learning the Strategies of Master Teachers. Discover the Simple Teaching Strategies You Can Use To Eliminate Classroom Management Problems Forever! Introducing the best practices of effective teaching. Finally a book that addresses classroom management style and academic achievement.

More Great Books to Help the Beginning Teacher