Product Description

In this funny and insightful book, Gary Rubinstein relives his own truly disastrous first year of teaching. He begins his teaching career armed only with idealism and romantic visions of teaching - and absolutely no classroom management skills. By his fourth year, however, he is named his school's "Teacher of the Year." As Rubinstein details his transformation from incompetent to successful teacher, he shows what works and what doesn't work when managing a classroom.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9083 in Books
• Published on: 1999-07-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 143 pages

About the Author
Rubinstein currently works at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan. He also is a teacher trainer for the New York City Teaching Fellows. Rubinstein's essays and articles about teaching have appeared in national magazines and journals, including Education Week, Teacher Magazine and Mathematics Teacher. For the past ten years, he has presented workshops on classroom management.

Customer Reviews

Fun to read but no real help.
I was looking for some help in managing some serious behavior issues in my classroom. This book didn't offer anything new or helpful.

Entertaining, but not for experienced teachers
This book was an entertaining read, I will admit, but I was disappointed by it. When I was a first-year teacher, I probably would have found this a useful book (though there were other books that I found much *more* useful), but as an experienced teacher, I found nothing in it that I didn't already know. If you've made it past your first few years of teaching, it's a waste of money.

Fun read, but not a "disciplinarian ideas" book.
This book was a good read, but didn't really tell me anything new. The author is very funny and talked about things I definitely related to as a teacher. It just wasn't what I wanted as far as strong ideas for being a good disciplinarian.