Navigate politics, paperwork, and legal issuesFind your instructional style and make learning fun for yourstudents!Gain the upper hand on your first day of school! This friendlyguide reveals what they didn't teach you in your education classes,offering practical advice and tons of real-life examples to helpyou set up and maintain an orderly classroom, engage your students,establish a grading system, and develop positive relationships withparents and school administrators.The Dummies Way* Explanations in plain English* "Get in, get out" information* Icons and other navigational aids* Tear-out cheat sheet* Top ten lists* A dash of humor and fun

Introduction.Part I: What They Didn't Teach You in College.Chapter 1: What Have You Gotten Yourself Into?Chapter 2: Dealing with Society's Nutty Notions aboutTeaching.Chapter 3: How Things Have Changed in the Classroom.Part II: Managing Your Classroom.Chapter 4: Finding Your Way Around.Chapter 5: Setting Up Your Classroom.Chapter 6: The First Day of School.Chapter 7: Keeping Your Kids Under Control.Chapter 8: Picking Your Fights.Chapter 9: Avoiding Sexual Harassment.Part III: Delivering Instruction.Chapter 10: Finding Your Style.Chapter 11: Making Learning Fun.Chapter 12: Managing Assessment.Part IV: Meet the Supporting Cast.Chapter 13: Getting to Know Your Administrators.Chapter 14: Getting to Know Your Co-Workers.Chapter 15: Getting to Know Parents.Chapter 16: Getting to Know Students.Part V: Duties Other than Teaching.Chapter 17: Implicit and Explicit Duties.Chapter 18: Navigating the Sea of Paperwork.Chapter 19: Health and First-Aid Issues.Part VI: The Part of Tens.Chapter 20: Ten Things That Always Happen to RookieTeachers.Chapter 21: The Ten Biggest Rookie Blunders.Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Use Technology in Your Classroom.Chapter 23: Ten Great World Wide Web Resources for RookieTeachers.Index.