Making Your First Year a Success: A Classroom Survival Guide for Middle and High School Teachers

"Provides tools that give new teachers the confidence to face complex classroom challenges. When teachers have a successful first year, they are more likely to return and continue making a difference for children."
—Catherine H. Payne, Principal
W.R. Farrington High School, Honolulu, HI

"Provides specific and practical advice, from how to create wonderful lessons to dealing with difficult parents, all geared to the needs of new secondary teachers."
—Catherine Kilfoyle Duffy, English Department ...