As a new teacher, the classroom can be a challenging but equally rewarding experience. This collection of resources supports teachers who are just starting out in the classroom, providing study guides, downloadable resources and books that you can use to build a strong start to your teaching career.
Practical Teaching Tools
Study Guide for Pre-Service Teachers
This study guide from Your First Year features key ideas that you can apply to your own student teaching situation. You can print this guide and work on it with your supervising teacher, with your supervising professor, with a colleague, or with a group of classmates.
Study Guide for In-Service Teachers
This study guide from Your First Year features key ideas that you can put into practice in your own classroom. You can print this guide and and work on it independently, with a mentor or other colleague, or with a group.
Seven Tips for Effective Teachers
This bonus section from 101 Answers for New Teachers and Their Mentors covers what highly effective teachers do on a daily basis. These lists include conversation starters, goal-setting, and to simply – and most importantly – improve teaching and learning.
Free Chapter: The New Teacher's Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges
Explore advice and practical tips from expert educators on culturally responsive teaching across a variety of areas including assessing personal biases, developing a student-centered learning environment, working with families and incorporating global perspectives into your curriculum.
Insights From Our Education Experts
Danny Steele: What I Learned as a Young Teacher
We asked school principal and former teacher Danny Steele on his early teaching days and his tips to beginning teachers today.
A scoping review of classroom readiness
Discover how the term “classroom readiness” is understood in relation to assessing the performance of graduating teachers.
Preparing Teachers for Rural Classrooms: Why it Matters and How to Get Started
Blog written by Devon Brenner, co author with Amy Price Azano, Jayne Downey, Karen Eppley and Ann K. Schulte of Teaching in Rural Places.
Professional Learning Books
A Lasting Impact in the Classroom and Beyond: Knowledge and Insight for Brave Teachers
June 15, 2025 by Eye On Education
ISBN: 9781032883526
Paperback
252 Pages
Real Talk for New Teachers: Tools for Building a Sustainable Career
June 01, 2025 by Eye On Education
ISBN: 9781032823379
Paperback
142 Pages
101 Answers for New Teachers and Their Mentors: Effective Teaching Tips for Daily Classroom Use
June 06, 2024 by Eye On Education
ISBN: 9781032751030
Paperback
218 Pages
Teaching & Learning Illuminated: The Big Ideas, Illustrated
May 26, 2023 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032368955
Hardback
166 Pages
Your First Year: How to Survive and Thrive as a New Teacher
June 29, 2023 by Eye On Education
ISBN: 9781032281247
Paperback
156 Pages
So... What Does an Outstanding Teacher Do?: A Visible Learning Evidence Based Approach
February 27, 2023 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032206233
Paperback
132 Pages
Literary Knowing and the Making of English Teachers: The Role of Literature in Shaping English Teachers’ Professional Knowledge and Identities
September 29, 2022 by Routledge
ISBN: 9780367618681
Paperback
254 Pages
Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience
July 29, 2022 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781032062297
Paperback
658 Pages
The Total Teacher: Understanding the Three Dimensions that Define Effective Educators
August 10, 2021 by Eye On Education
ISBN: 9780367478421
Paperback
128 Pages
The New Teacher's Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges: Curated Advice from Award-Winning Teachers
October 30, 2020 by Eye On Education
ISBN: 9780367409791
Paperback
234 Pages
The Fundamentals of Teaching: A Five-Step Model to Put the Research Evidence into Practice
October 13, 2020 by Routledge
ISBN: 9780367358655
Paperback
176 Pages
Surviving and Thriving in the Secondary School: The NQT's Essential Companion
October 18, 2019 by Routledge
ISBN: 9781138489707
Paperback
350 Pages
Essential Truths for Teachers
February 14, 2019 by Eye On Education
ISBN: 9780367076795
Paperback
114 Pages