I remember my first year of teaching all too well. It was an amazing year, but one that was regularly filled with questions, fear, and second guesses. And, to be completely truthful, there were times when I thought maybe I’d made a career mistake. Times when I doubted my effectiveness as an educator because a lesson didn’t go as planned or the overall behavior in my class was less than pleasing.

Turns out, I was an effective educator. Also, I’m not the only one that feels those same first year thoughts. Educators entering the profession now have another resource to through in their toolkit. It is a book titled Your First Year: How to Survive and Thrive as a New Teacher. It was co-authored by Todd Whitaker, Madeline Good, and Katherine Whitaker.

Today on Anchored in Education, Katherine Whitaker has graciously agree to join us to talk more about this amazing book. Don’t think that since you are past your first year that this can’t help you out. I’ve read Your First Year multiple times throughout my career and never during my actual first year—it wasn’t available then.