See Me After Class

The must-have book for new teachers, giving them survival advice on various topics from classroom management to parental involvement to surviving the teacher's lounge.Now in paperback! The must-have survival book for new teachers. “You know how you’ve always thought that if you were a teacher, you’d go insane? Well, this very funny book proves that you definitely would. But in a good way.”—Dave Barry Teaching, a profession with one of the highest attrition rates in the nation, is often stressful and relentlessly demanding—but it doesn’t have to be. In See Me After Class, veteran teacher Roxanna Elden inspires with no-nonsense advice, hang-in-there encouragement, and a healthy dose of humor, while directly addressing the challenges teachers face. Elden shares anecdotes and horror stories from more than 100 long-time educators from across the country that will have teachers laughing and crying. Teachers at all stages of their career will be grateful for Elden’s abundant tips on dealing with impossible workloads, demanding parents, and many other frustrations. Complete with FAQs, classroom shopping lists, organization and time management tips and traps, and practical advice on what to do when everything seems to be going wrong, See Me After Class is the one book no teacher should be without.