Teaching Is Not a Four Letter Word: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Job

Book excerpt: Are you a new teacher wondering how you can make it through this year and the next?Are you a veteran who's on the verge of leaving the profession?Are you committed to the classroom, but struggling and searching for guidance?Teaching can be a frustrating and difficult job. In Teaching is Not a Four Letter Word: How to Stop Worrying and Love the Job, you will find relevant advice for surviving and thriving no matter your situation. Drawing on experiences teaching in multiple grade levels, subjects and schools, Tom DeRosa offers simple lessons to help you overcome challenges in and out of the classroom.Tom DeRosa is the author of Ten Cheap Lessons: Easy, Engaging Ideas for Every Secondary Classroom (2008) and the teacher resource blog I Want to Teach Forever (teachforever.com).