What I didn't know : true stories of becoming a teacher

Gutkind, Lee (editor.). Hayes, Jahana, (writer of introduction.). Scott, Irvin, (writer of introduction.).

Summary: "Every day in every classroom, teachers take on incredible challenges. Some are big, like bridging significant cultural differences, moving back into a school building after a shooting, or learning how to successfully navigating delicate institutional politics. Others are smaller, like keeping first graders on task, or figuring out how to keep teenagers from cussing all the time. Whether in the Mississippi Delta or Malawi; Alaska or Los Angeles; whether in their first day or their tenth year on the job--every day, educators reach deep to find strength and grace they didn't know they had. The lessons don't always come easy, but these riveting, funny, inspirational, and sometimes shocking stories provide real insight into the hearts and minds of those who teach and those who have been taught."--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781937163273
ISBN: 193716327X
Physical Description: print
regular print
xiv, 271 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: Pittsburgh, PA : In Fact Books, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Teacher edit / Lynn DeFilippo -- You can't say that in here / Anne P. Beatty -- I thought I was ready / Sherri Wright -- Lessons in the dry season / Sara Ackerman -- Nothing gold can stay / A.V. Klotz -- Order / Michael Copperman -- Ancient beef made me a teacher / Lori D. Ungemah -- Inside the labyrinth / Kristen Lecalire -- Unsaid / Shannon LeBlanc -- Trust fall / Leslie Hill -- Joe / Jane Bernstein -- Teaching for America / Kate Ver Ploeg -- Mayans in East Oakland / Anne Raeff -- Jiao wo (teach me) / Caitlin Dwyer -- On my own / Karen Kelley Perkins -- An honor and a privilege / Mary Ann Hutcheson -- You can't wrestle windmills / Chris Girman -- Sealed forever: on becoming a teacher / Cynthia Miller Coffel -- The substitute / Marcia DeSanctis -- It took an island: why I became a teacher and stayed / Deborah Meltvedt.