Classroom Advice for New Teachers

This book offers new teachers a proactive approach to the entire spectrum of the profession, from making the decision to become a teacher, through applying, interviewing, setting up a classroom, accessing curriculum, creating lesson plans and a gradebook, presenting material effectively, creating a positive learning environment based on empathy and respect, connecting with students, colleagues, administrators, and parents, preventing cheating and bullying, maintaining order, and using educational technology, all the way to avoiding late-career burnout.

As a veteran teacher, I believe the wisdom shared in this book is a valuable resource for instructors at all stages of their professional development., Watching Jeff's passion he takes to the classroom it is evident that he captures and exemplifies the art of engaging and successful learning. He sets the hook like a master fisherman and the students are unable to help but be engaged. All new interns and teachers would benefit from Jeff's expertise and passion., Through decades of experience, which have seen educational fads come and go, Mr. Julian reminds us of the one constant in education through his book: teachers are most effective when they have a positive relationship with their students. This is not an instructional guide to a specific curriculum; instead, Mr. Julian’s book will help new teachers focus on what really matters; making students want to be in your classroom., Over the decades, Jeff Julian has built positive, enduring relationships with countless students; often, these pivotal connections with upstanding role models provide our students with the most beneficial experiences of their education. In his book, Julian shares his wealth of insights so that new teachers may also leave such lasting footprints in their own students' lives.

Jeff Julian has been a full-time teacher in western New York State for 32 years. He has spent the last 28 of those at his current school, with the last 27 as the head of his social-studies department. Throughout his career, Mr. Julian mentored new teachers in his department, wrote and implemented new curriculum for the state, made presentations to prospective teachers, and held training sessions for faculty members in effective instructional techniques. In addition to his full-time high-school teaching position, Mr. Julian also serves as an adjunct instructor, teaching public speaking in a college communications department.