Reflections of First-Year Teachers on School Culture: Questions, Hopes, and Challenges
New Directions for School Leadership #11
Description:... The first year of teaching provides a plethora of challenges for all who choose this demanding and rewarding profession. In this volume of New Directions for School Leadership, five beginning public school teachers share lessons learned from teaching, writing, and reflecting together on their introductory experiences. These authors give voice to the first-year teacher's frustrations and revelations, detailing their struggles with complacency and bureaucracy, their efforts to teach students to think, and the growth they experienced through professional collaboration.
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