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信仰的时期

在双城记中查尔斯·狄更斯著名的开场白中凝聚了整个第一年的中学教师的经验。 “这是最坏的时代，这是最好的时代，这是智慧的时代，这是愚蠢的时代;这是信仰的时期，那是怀疑的时期;那是光明的季节，，，

我开始在一个独立的辍学预防（“DOP”）课堂的中学教学。意思是：自包含的，请不要让他们离开我们害怕这个课堂。在以前的老师打包他们的行李并在下午离开了之后，我在十月份被聘请了。他们绝望了，因为我也是作为一个单收入的一个单身母亲。增加最具有挑战性的一次钟声就是全新的全州范围内的测试趋势，至今都占主导地位。尽管重量超载，十多年后，我很高兴向大家报告那年能够幸存下来的两个同学和我。校长甚至让我们走出了当地实地考察，只是钟表不再在科学博物馆的大厅前面了。

当我告诉你我在大学时期他们并未教我如何为第一年的中学教学做准备的时候，请相信我，我说的是真的。然而我知道若是我那时就知道现在所知道的就不会那么糟糕了。这就是书本的来源，提供给你更多智慧，光明，减少你走上伟大的教学的道路的愚钝和怀疑你走上伟大的教学的道路。

The epoch of belief

Charles Dickens famous opening line in A Tale of Two Cities surely sums up the experience of a first year middle school teacher. 'It was the worst of times, it was the best of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light...'

I started teaching middle school in a self-contained drop-out prevention ('DOP') class. Translation: self-contained, please-don't let-them-out-we're-scared class. I was hired in October after the previous teacher packed up his things and quit in the middle of the afternoon. They were desperate, and as a single mom with only one income, so was I. To add to the bell bar of this most challenging time was the brand new state wide testing trends that often dominate the papers today. Regardless of the of weight overload, it is ten years later and I'm happy to report both the students and I survived that year. The principal even let us out for a local field trip and only the clock in the front lobby wall of the science museum did not endure.

Trust me when I tell you there was nothing they taught me in college that prepared me for my first year of teaching middle school. I know however, that the worst of times could have been a lot easier if I knew then what I know now. That is where this book comes in, to provide you with more wisdom, belief, and light, and a lot less foolishness and incredulity on your path to great teaching.

Using This Book

Educating students on the cusp of their most influential age encompasses much more than a few text books, cute bulletin boards, and some expo markers. Creating an effective yet comfortable learning environment amid today's state standards, inclusion classes and federal mandates is truly a notable accomplishment. Fortunately, we also teach in a digital age which has simplified many of the tasks our predecessors found grueling.

Read this book cover to cover then keep it close by as a reference source throughout your first year. Education is a busy highway, but if you are up for the drive, this book is the place to start and will lead you through:

1.Forging lasting, professional relationships with administration and colleagues during your first year.Creating a well organized, well behaved, comfortable, 'safe zone' classroom while adhering to district, state and school expectations.

2.Facilitating lasting, positive relationships with administration, fellow faculty, and district and support staff.

3.Guide you through analyzing pacing and curriculum guidelines and finding and imbedding your state's standards into personalized units.

4.Finding strategies that will help you create a technologically savvy classroom that keeps students engaged with your lesso