Mary C. Clement was a high school Spanish and French teacher before she earned her doctorate in curriculum and instruction at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She served as the director of the Beginning Teacher Program at Eastern Illinois University for six years and is currently an assistant professor of education at Berry College. Her current teaching schedule includes orientation to education, general secondary methods, foriegn language methods, and graduate courses in curriculum. She has authored two books, Building the Best Faculty and Put Your Oxygen on First...and Other Strategies for Succeeding in Teaching. She has also authored numerous articles on teaching and teaching-related subjects.

• 1 Introduction2 Why People Choose Teaching3 How do I Become a Teacher?4 What do I Have to Learn?5 Today's Students and Their Diversity6 What Teachers do7 The Purpose of Schools, Their Role in the Community, and How They Are Run8 The Professional Life of a Teacher9 Your Job Search10 Succeeding Your First Year11 Advice from Other Teachers

Mary C. Clement was a high school Spanish and French teacher before she earned her doctorate in curriculum and instruction at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She served as the director of the Beginning Teacher Program at Eastern Illinois University for six years and is currently an assistant professor of education at Berry College. Her current teaching schedule includes orientation to education, general secondary methods, foriegn language methods, and graduate courses in curriculum. She has authored two books, Building the Best Faculty and Put Your Oxygen on First...and Other Strategies for Succeeding in Teaching. She has also authored numerous articles on teaching and teaching-related subjects.

• 1 Introduction2 Why People Choose Teaching3 How do I Become a Teacher?4 What do I Have to Learn?5 Today's Students and Their Diversity6 What Teachers do7 The Purpose of Schools, Their Role in the Community, and How They Are Run8 The Professional Life of a Teacher9 Your Job Search10 Succeeding Your First Year11 Advice from Other Teachers

Mary C. Clement was a high school Spanish and French teacher before she earned her doctorate in curriculum and instruction at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She served as the director of the Beginning Teacher Program at Eastern Illinois University for six years and is currently an assistant professor of education at Berry College. Her current teaching schedule includes orientation to education, general secondary methods, foriegn language methods, and graduate courses in curriculum. She has authored two books, Building the Best Faculty and Put Your Oxygen on First...and Other Strategies for Succeeding in Teaching. She has also authored numerous articles on teaching and teaching-related subjects.

• 1 Introduction2 Why People Choose Teaching3 How do I Become a Teacher?4 What do I Have to Learn?5 Today's Students and Their Diversity6 What Teachers do7 The Purpose of Schools, Their Role in the Community, and How They Are Run8 The Professional Life of a Teacher9 Your Job Search10 Succeeding Your First Year11 Advice from Other Teachers