Suggested Reading

Classroom Management

Setting Limits in the Classroom, Revised: How to Move Beyond the Dance of Discipline in Today’s Classrooms
by Robert MacKenzie
ISBN-13: 978-0761516750

This book is appropriate for all teachers, school administrators who have site responsibility, and perhaps for central administrators who need help building a coherent system-wide set of policies on discipline. This book also will assist parents in handling their children's school-related discipline issues, such as homework.

There Are No Shortcuts
by Rafe Esquith
ISBN-13: 978-1400030835

Like most teacher books, Rafe's deep attachments to his students comes through. Most of the time, his relationships lead to challenging his students to positively go beyond their expectations and exceed their potential. Rafe also shares a couple of episodes where students took advantage of him and how he's learned to set more appropriate boundaries for necessary self-preservation.

New Teacher Guides

A Practical Guide for New Teachers: Getting Started, Surviving, and Succeeding
by Osborne F. Abbey, Jr.
ISBN-13: 978-1929024551

Mentoring In Action: A Month-By-Month Curriculum for Mentors and their New Teachers
by Carol Pelletier
ISBN-10: 0-205-43898-9