1st Edition
The New Teacher's Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges Curated Advice from Award-Winning Teachers
This practical, hands-on guide offers support for your first years in the classroom by offering strategies to overcome ten common challenges found in rural, suburban, and urban school classrooms. The tips are shared by National Board-Certified Teachers, National Teachers of the Year, and other experienced educators. The New Teacher’s Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges provides:
- 100+ downloadable and customizable resources for new teachers to modify and use in PK-12th grade classrooms.
- Web access to an online new teacher social media community including New Teacher Talk podcasts (available on iTunes, Spotify and PodBean [https://newteachersguide.podbean.com/]), Twitter Chats (@NewTeacherTalk1), Instagram (@newteachertalk), blogs, and accompanying webpage: newteachersguide.org.
- Timely advice that addresses the shift to remote and hybrid learning brought about by the world pandemic.
This book is used by PK-12 school districts who offer new teacher induction programming, traditional and alternative teacher preparation programs, high school teacher cadet programs, and individual teachers for personal professional learning. Don’t face the challenges alone—learn from those who have been there!
Contents
Chapter 1 Teaching During a Pandemic
Tonia Holmes-Sutton
Clint Whitten
Shannon Rice
Julie Padilla
Jennifer Jaros
David Perrin
Sara Curran
David Carroll
Leana R. Malinowsky
Susan "Ernie" Rambo
Chapter 2 Classroom Setup and Management
Jesse Kraft
Jana Hunzicker
Shannon Rice
Sarah Brown
Allison Krasnow
Cynthia Dawn Martelli
George Dewey
Laura Roeker
Chelsea Marelle
Lois A. Groth
Candice Chiavola
Christine Beardslee
Chapter 3 Culturally Responsive Teaching
Saroja R. Warner
Rocio del Castillo and Julia Stearns-Cloat
Lindsay Smith and Anton Miglietta
Stephanie Kiley
Alisa M. Ross
Clint Whitten
Joshua D. Case
Marisol Diaz
Peggy Shannon-Baker
Alexis Jones
Collin Edouard
Suzanna Nelson
Chapter 4 Curriculum and Instruction
Dustin Wright
Kelli Hamilton
Soyini Chism
Alex Stampher
Gary J. Miller
Brendan McCormick
Zach Hall
Katelyn Giordano
Aaron Sitze
David Carroll
Lydia Gerzel-Short and Karen L.Kohler
Mary C. Clement
Chapter 5 Differentiation
Vicki Phelps
Will Dwyer
Sara Curran
Kylie Martin
Katrina A. Hovey, Marla J. Lohmann, and Araiane N. Gauvreau
Hilary Dack
Neil O’Reilly
Vicki Phelps
Deitra A. Kuester and Lauralyn K. Randles
Christal Hoch
Angela Danley
Anita S. Charles
Calla Stroh
Chapter 6 English Learners
Jennifer Jaros
Rebekah Young
Carla Huck
Beatriz Dillman
Rhonda D. Miller
Carla Huck
Katie Tice
Jeanne Okrasinski
Marisol Diaz
Megan Freeman
Judy Matuszewski
Erin Laverick
Socorro Garcia-Alvarado
Chapter 7 Professionalism/School Culture
Nathan Bond
Jana Hunzicker
Vincent T. Laverick
Jace Mansfield
Megan Porter
Julie Padilla
Stephanie Morrison
Rashad J. Talley
Rose Johnson and Beth Brabham
Brittany John
Mary Frances Thomas
Marygrace Farina, Arleen P. Mariotti, Kimberly A. Schwartz, and Lori Sue Grieb-Severino
Mary Rebecca Wells and Jana Underwood
Chapter 8 Navigating Teacher Evaluation
Amy Howerton
Lori Abbott
Amie Livengood
Rebecca Lehman
David Perrin
Melissa Dudic
Shaunna Alcorn
Marsha Black-Chen
Alisa M. Ross
Meghan A. Kessler
Maryellyn Friel
Lynn Williams Leppich
Chapter 9 Relationship Building/Communication
Lynn Sikma
John Lando Carter
Jameelah R. Wright
Jennifer Wellberg
Deepti Kharod
Chantelle Grace
Mallika Raman
Karen L. Kohler and Lydia Gerzel-Short
Nancy H. Betker
Heather Lyon
Pamela Kramer Ertel
Leana R. Malinowsky
Nedra L. Cossa
Alisa M. Ross
Chapter 10 Student Assessment and Data Literacy
Daniel M. Frederking
Amy Howerton
Adam Larsen
Harlee Morphis
Monica Boehle
Altheria Caldera
Julia Cuscaden
Monica Boehle
Kelly Brooksher
Joycelyn Forshay
Davon Clarke
Kimberly A Schwartz, Marygrace Farina, Lori Sue Grieb-Severino, and Arleen P. Mariottti
Chapter 11 Work-Life Balance
Michelle Adler
Daria Pizzuto
Ingrid Wagner
Jennifer Ann Flynn
Raven Talley
Deb Coberley
Marah Lambert
René Roselle
Laura Alpaugh
Bethany Baer
Alexis Jones
Matthew Ohlson
Susan Trostle Brand and Olga Lerner
Biography
Anna M. Quinzio-Zafran provides professional development for candidates and facilitators with the National Board Resource Center at Illinois State University and is a graduate faculty scholar in curriculum and instruction at Northern Illinois University.
Elizabeth A. Wilkins
is professor of curriculum and instruction. She serves as the coordinator of the nationally recognized graduate career and professional development office for the Graduate School at Northern Illinois University.All new teachers, regardless of where, what, and whom they teach, need support, encouragement, and ideas. Brimming with research-based practical advice, The New Teacher's Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges is certain to be a treasured companion for teachers beginning their professional journeys, as well as for those who have been around for many years.
Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, Language, Literacy, and Culture, College of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
The New Teacher's Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges focuses on ten common challenges of teaching and emphasizes the importance of culturally, linguistically, and community responsive teaching. It’s utilization of P-12 teacher expertise and creative utilization of networking and social media make it a unique and valuable resource for both teacher educators and new teachers.
Ken Zeichner, Boeing Professor of Teacher Education Emeritus, University of Washington