Product Description

Make sure your new teachers are ready for the realities of the classroom . . . .Be confident that their mentors are focused and effective.

Organized so new teachers can read it by themselves, this book can also be studied collaboratively with veteran teachers who have been selected to mentor them. (176 pp., 2003)

This lively, readable manual
- generates instant impact on teaching and learning.
- supports and sustains master classroom teachers who need help mastering their roles as mentors.
- stimulates and organizes interactive sessions between new teachers and their mentors.
- provides a collection of "thought provokers" and teaching tips for new teachers.
- offers common sense strategies for any teacher seeking to be more effective.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #399410 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 180 pages

About the Author
Annette Breaux is one of the most entertaining and informative authors and speakers in education today. She leaves her audiences with practical techniques to implement in their classrooms immediately. Administrators agree that they see results from teachers the next day. A former classroom teacher and curriculum coordinator and author of Louisiana FIRST, a statewide induction program for new teachers, Annette now serves as the teacher induction coordinator for Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana.

Customer Reviews

A Principal's Dream Come True
I purchased a book for every teacher. Their responses have been very positive. It has renewed the spirit of the veteran teachers and has provided another learning tool for the new teachers. Thanks to Annette Breaux for this common sense book!

Awesome Book
I am the principal of a middle school. I have purchased a copy of this book for my mentor teachers, my new teachers, and my team leaders. It's the best educational book I have ever read, and my teachers love it!!!
This author clearly has an incite into what is real and what works in the classroom.

A "Must Have"
Breaux's tips for new teachers are practical and easy to use. The book is written in a common sense format using real-life stories to drive home the points. It served as a survival guide for myself as a mentor. I gave it to the teacher I was mentoring when she passed her state assessment. She also praised it as one of the best resources she had during her first year of teaching. All new teachers and mentors should receive copies of this book! It's definitely a "must have" for educators!