101 Answers for New Teachers and Their Mentors

by Annette Breaux

Now in its third edition, this bestseller has remained popular, relevant, and a must-have for new teachers, mentors, administrators, and staff development professionals. Appropriate for individual or collaborative study, this book provides simple, practical solutions to the challenges experienced by both new and veteran teachers, ● managing the classroom; ● handling discipline problems; ● dealing with challenging students, coworkers, and parents; ● planning lessons effectively and managing time wisely; ● accommodating individual differences in students; ● getting students excited about learning; ● and much, much more. In this new edition, you'll find advice on incorporating technology into your lessons and using social media to connect with others. You'll also find new Ask Yourself questions (following each of the 101 Answers) and Chapter Highlights to help you apply the ideas in your own classroom. These resources are available in the book and on our website for easy download. Though written for new teachers, the book's practical, easy-to-implement strategies will appeal to teachers of any grade level, subject area, or level of expertise, as well as to mentors, induction coordinators, or anyone seeking to find answers to classroom challenges and improve teaching skills.

Genres: Education, Teaching, Nonfiction, Audiobook

218 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

Annette L. Breaux is an education author and speaker. Her expertise is in student achievement, classroom management, and new teacher induction. She developed the FIRST Program, an induction program for new teachers adopted.

Breaux has been a classroom teacher, curriculum coordinator, and teacher induction coordinator.

Reviews

[Tessa Kikkert · Rating 4 out of 5]

listened to the audiobook.
Very useful for my teaching practice.

[Alina Ghita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Poetry does engage better complex info. Would buy this book to have at home. <3

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like this. There is nothing stellar in this book, and most of it is common sense, but it's great for first year teachers. Veteran staff should peruse this as well because we forget some of this when we are mired down by standardized testing etc. And we all need to be reminded how to speak to students; we make mistakes and don't even realize it.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

She came to our school to speak for a professional development and she has impacted my teaching and classroom more than any other single individual with her "positive smile" philosophy and her great classroom management tricks.

[Mitchell Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

I guess this book could be good if you were 10 years old and playing make-believe "I'm the teacher and you're the student" games, but the fact that this was written for adult teachers with degrees in teaching makes this feel borderline offensive.

[Amita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing, concise information for new teachers!

[Barb Keltner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for 1st year or 41st year teacher!

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Common sense, but may be super helpful to a new teacher at least as a mental checklist of what to think about before school starts to make sure they've included everything in their plan.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good clear information.