Part I: 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 II: Managing Your Classroom.

Chapter 4: Finding Your Way Around.

Chapter 5: Setting Up Your Classroom.

Chapter 6: The First Day of School.

Chapter 7: Keeping Your Kids Under Control.

Chapter 8: Picking Your Fights.

Chapter 9: Avoiding Sexual Harassment.

Part III: Delivering Instruction.

Chapter 10: Finding Your Style.

Chapter 11: Making Learning Fun.

Chapter 12: Managing Assessment.

Part IV: Meet the Supporting Cast.

Chapter 13: Getting to Know Your Administrators.

Chapter 14: Getting to Know Your Co-Workers.

Chapter 15: Getting to Know Parents.

Chapter 16: Getting to Know Students.

Part V: Duties Other than Teaching.

Chapter 17: Implicit and Explicit Duties.

Chapter 18: Navigating the Sea of Paperwork.

Chapter 19: Health and First-Aid Issues.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 20: Ten Things That Always Happen to Rookie Teachers.

Chapter 21: The Ten Biggest Rookie Blunders.

Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Use Technology in Your Classroom.

Chapter 23: Ten Great World Wide Web Resources for Rookie Teachers.

Index.