1000 Best New Teacher Survival Secrets

Tips for the first year and beyond

Today's teachers are equipped with little more than a four-year degree and a semester of student teaching when they face their own classroom for the first time. Standing in front of an overcrowded classroom-of any grade level-can be a daunting and terrifying experience. 1000 Best New Teacher Survival Secrets is a must-have resource for new teachers, covering important issues across all grade levels.

Authors and experienced educators Kathy Brenny and Kandace Martin show readers how to:
- Set goals
- Manage the classroom
- Discipline students
- Maximize lesson time
- Address prejudice, controversy and school violence
- Utilize available resources
- Manage their time and health

Whether readers are recent graduates facing the classroom for the first or second year, or experienced teachers making a significant grade level move, 1000 Best New Teacher Survival Secrets helps them face the classroom with confidence.

Kathleen Brenny has a BA in education and a masters and specialist degree in administration. She owns and operates the Children's Learning Center, and was a principal at Kuemper Catholic School in Carroll, Iowa. Ms. Brenny has served on numerous educational committees at a local, state and federal level, as well as presented at state and national conferences concerning safe school issues, assessment, early childhood, and English Language Learners. She is presently a school improvement consultant and lives in Sac City, Iowa.

Kandace Martin has been a secondary English teacher, middle school administrator, university instructor, and a staff development consultant. Throughout her thirty years in education she has supervised student teachers, taught elementary and secondary education majors, and developed and facilitated an induction and mentoring program for teachers in over fifty school districts. She has also written and presented papers at several national and state conferences. Mrs. Martin lives in Webster City, Iowa.