Everything I Need to Know About Teaching . . . They Forgot to Tell Me!

Stacey Jarvis received a North Carolina Teaching Fellows Scholarship while in high school and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2000.  She is currently teaching social studies in an urban high school in North Carolina.  She is now a National Board certified teacher and is working on obtaining her master′s degree in secondary education.  She has spoken at numerous conferences and seminars across the state addressing the struggles of first-year teachers, and she has presented workshops and lectures to provide those individuals entering the teaching profession with advice and guidance. Bob Algozzine is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina and project codirector of the U.S. Department of Education-supported Behavior and Reading Improvement Center. With 25 years of research experience and extensive firsthand knowledge of teaching students classified as seriously emotionally disturbed, Algozzine is a uniquely qualified staff developer, conference speaker, and teacher of behavior management and effective teaching courses. He is active in special education practice as a partner and collaborator with professionals in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools in North Carolina and as an editor of several journals focused on special education. Algozzine has written more than 250 manuscripts on special education topics, including many books and textbooks on how to manage emotional and social behavior problems.

• PrefaceChapter One - The College YearsChapter Two - Finally Teaching? Not Yet!Chapter Three - The Days Before the First Day of SchoolChapter Four - The First Day of SchoolChapter Five - One Lesson after AnotherChapter Six - Student-Teacher RelationshipsChapter Seven - ParentsChapter Eight - Special EducationChapter Nine - TeachingChapter Ten - Do′s and Don′tsAPPENDIX - Survival Guide