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November 12, 2013
Disillusionment: The Mentor Edition (New Teacher Center)
If you are familiar with Ellen Moir’s widely circulated Phases of First-Year Teaching – or if you have experience mentoring beginning teachers – you already know what season it is. The disillusionment phase, which falls roughly between Halloween and Thanksgiving, is the time frame during which new teachers are most likely to burst into tears in public, type up resignation letters “just in case,” or fantasize about driving off a bridge on the way to work.
Rookies with the type of high quality mentor teachers provided by The New Teacher Center are the lucky ones.
Yet this season is no picnic for mentor teachers, either. The disillusionment phase is when new teachersare most likely to respond to your well-meaning suggestions with defensiveness, attitude, or a series of dejected “uh-huh”s. This post on the NTC blog shares a few tips for mentors to keep in mind as you guide newbies through November.
November 11, 2013
Interview: This Week in Education
This Week in Education, with Alexander Russo, is the most complete, comprehensive education news blog you could add to your RSS feed. It was also the first site to post an interview about the first edition of See Me After Class. I’m excited to be back on the blog in this interview about what’s new about the new edition.
November 9, 2013
Second Edition Launch Event: Books & Books, Miami
Books & Books in Miami, FL is my favorite book store. I can’t think of a place I’d rather launch the second edition of See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers.
Live-Streamed Launch Event at Books & Books: November 10, 2PM EST
Books & Books is my favorite book store. I am excited that they are hosting the launch the second edition of See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers. Here is a link to watch the event live (or after the fact) if you are enough of a nerd to watch a live-stream author event. Or if you are my grandma.
Here are the details for the actual event:
Sunday, November 10
2:00 PM
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Afterward, we will head over to The Local: Craft Food and Drink at 150 Giralda Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 33127. They are opening one *happy* hour earlier than usual for the occasion. It is two blocks away. I’m not giving you directions. Put it in your phone.
November 5, 2013
Excerpt and Poem: Middleweb
MiddleWeb is a website for teachers of the middle grades. You’ll find articles highlighting great 4-8 resources, plus original interviews, book reviews, and guest posts by teachers, school leaders, experts in professional learning, and others who support the success of young adolescents. And… an excerpt and poem from See Me After Class.
What to Do After a Bad Day: Classroom Q&A with Larry Ferlazzo
This week’s “question-of-the-week” for Larry Ferlazzo’s Classroom Q&A Blog was: What do you do when you’re having a bad day in the classroom? How do you get over feelings of frustration? This post includes my answer along with answers from fellow authors Allan Mendler and Julia Thompson.
October 21, 2013
Book: Classroom Management Q&As, Expert Strategies for Teaching
Lots of people have answers in education, but no one has all the answers. Larry Ferlazzo knows this better than anyone. That’s why his Classroom Q&A blog, a go-to source for educators, features such a diverse group of contributors. In Classroom Management Q&A’s, Expert Strategies for Teaching, Ferlazzo gathers experts, authors, administrators, and star teachers in one place and lets them answer teachers’ most pressing classroom management questions.
The book is called Classroom Management Q&A, Expert Strategies for Teaching. All proceeds go to The National Writing Project.
I am proud to be included in this collection, answering the question of how teachers can get ready for the first day of school. My basic advice: Plan for interruptions. Plan for paper. Plan for sleep.
October 8, 2013
Ellen Moir, Founder and CEO of The New Teacher Center
“As a new teacher mentor, you need to have empathy and illustrate that you have survived the trial by fire. You need to have a great sense of humor to lighten the tough moments. And you need to have tried-and-tested tools and tips. See Me After Class has all of those components and is a valuable addition to the resource library for new teachers and those who work with them.”
-Ellen Moir, Founder and CEO of The New Teacher Center
Dan Brown, NBCT, Director of the Future Educators Association, and Author of “The Great Expectations School”
“…a useful, empathetic guide to weathering the first-year lumps…. a frothy, satisfying Guinness for the teacher’s soul.”
-Dan Brown, Director of the Future Educators Association and author of The Great Expectations School
Larry Ferlazzo, Teacher, Blogger and Author of “Helping Students Motivate Themselves”
“Roxanna Elden is one of the most practical, engaging and entertaining writers on education issues around. See Me After Class is a must-have book for any teacher’s bookshelf. On second-thought, you’ll probably want to keep it on your classroom desk since you’ll use it so much!”
- Larry Ferlazzo, Teacher, Blogger, and Author of Helping Students Motivate Themselves
