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Thrive in Your First Year of Teaching
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Where this comes from
Built from the Wiley title of the same name — professionally edited, technically reviewed, and already relied on by people doing this work.
Source ISBN 9781394189779
How it was built
Sejal Learning Systems rebuilt the book as a course: objectives first, then short video, worked examples, and practice with real feedback. It runs on Coursera at your own pace, with a certificate on completion.
Thrive in Your First Year of Teaching is a self-paced online course built from the Wiley title of the same name.
What this course covers
- Introduction
- Part 1: What They Didn’t Teach You in College
- Chapter 1: What Have You Gotten Yourself Into?
- Chapter 2: Dealing with Society’s Nutty Notions about Teaching
- Chapter 3: How Things Have Changed in the Classroom
- Part 2: Managing Your Classroom
- Chapter 4: Finding Your Way Around
- Chapter 5: Setting Up Your Classroom
- Chapter 6: The First Week of School
- Chapter 7: Keeping Your Classroom Under Control
- Chapter 8: Picking Your Battles
- Part 3: Delivering Instruction
- Chapter 9: Finding Your Style
- Chapter 10: Making Learning Fun
- Chapter 11: Managing Assessment
- Part 4: Meet the Supporting Cast
- Chapter 12: Getting to Know Your Administrators
- Chapter 13: Getting to Know Your Coworkers
- Chapter 14: Getting to Know Parents
- Chapter 15: Getting to Know Students
- Part 5: Non-Instructional Duties
- Chapter 16: Implicit and Explicit Duties
- Chapter 17: Taming Administrative Tasks
- Chapter 18: Protecting Students Under Your Care
- Part 6: The Part of Tens
- Chapter 19: Ten Things That Always Happen to First-Year Teachers
- Chapter 20: The Ten Biggest First-Year Teacher Blunders
- Chapter 21: Ten Tips for Teaching Online