The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide, Second EditionThe completely revised and updated edition of the best-selling First-Year Teacher's Survival Kit offers beginning teachers a wide variety of tested strategies, activities, and tools for creating a positive and dynamic learning environment while meeting the challenges of each school day. The book is filled with valuable tips, suggestions, and ideas for helping teachers with everything from becoming effective team players and connecting with students to handling behavior problems and working within diverse classrooms. This new edition has been updated to reflect recent changes in the K–12 classroom and includes the most current information toMeet the professional development requirementsof the No Child Left Behind ActHelp struggling readers Implement technology solutions for the classroomTeach English language learnersReach and teach students in poverty Work effectively within a nontraditionalschool-year scheduleUse graphic organizers creativelySet goals to help students succeedIntervene with students who are capable butchoose not to workUnderstand teachers' rights and responsibilities regarding disciplinary issuesPraise for the Second Edition of The First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide"Every new teacher of the twenty-first century needs this book! Julia Thompson has skillfully created an invaluable survival guide filled with a wealth of expertise and wisdom to help new teachers through almost every problem they may encounter."—Sherry Cameron, sixth-grade resource teacher,Richard B. Wilson K–8 School, Tucson, Arizona "Julia Thompson's First-Year Teacher's Survival Guide offers new teachers time-tested, practical, and innovative advice on how to manage critical aspects of a teacher's life. Thompson uses her own expertise and high standards to show novice professionals