Road to Teaching

by Eric Hougan

This highly-rated teacher book provides valuable, classroom-tested strategies and expert advice for all stages of teaching. Use Road to Teaching as a resource to navigate the unique stages of becoming an educator and helping you standout in today's competitive job market. Learn how

Genres: Teaching, Education

178 pages, Paperback

First published February 12, 2008

About the author

Eric Hougan is a National Board Certified Teacher in Renton, Washington. In addition to writing, Eric founded RoadtoTeaching.com - a free online website that supports tens of thousands of educators a year. Eric, recognized as a top educator for this service, research, and leadership, received the Phi Delta Kappa International 2008-9 Emerging Leader Award. Eric is currently a Ph.D. student, studying education policy at University of Washington

Reviews

[Alicia · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are many great books out there about teaching but very few on student teaching and finding a job. I purchased this book in hopes it would be full of great tidbits and advice concerning all aspects of student teaching and pre-service topics/issues but was a little disappointed. Road to Teaching had 50 strategies for finding a job, student teaching, and education training. Unfortunately most of what I read was either common sense or something I already knew. Not until I got to strategy 45: Practice interview questions, did I benefit from the book. I mean really, does the author need to put in a strategy about how to dress during an interview? Sad to think people out there don't know how to properly dress (which I know does exists)!

Some may learn something from this book but I regret buying it and wish I checked with the library first. Best bet would be to search the internet for any questions you have on student teaching/pre-service topics. Everything I read in this book, I have read online. Save your money!

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received this book from a good reads contest.

I like that this book was separated into 50 strategies. The author would note when certain advice was located in another strategy which I found very helpful. As someone that is considering teaching, this book had advice that I expected and some advice that I never would have thought of. I liked that the author gave advice about teacher training, student teaching, and excelling in an interview. I think some of the areas of teaching are overlooked more than others. I loved that the book had quotes at the beginning of every strategy from people such like Confucius and Woody Allen . This added a fun touch to the book.

[Katherine]

This is a great read. I recommend it for any future teacher.

[Sarah]

My teacher wrote this book.

[Kathy]

So far, chapt 1, 2, I'm discovering little nuggets of really useful info!