RECOMMENDED RESOURCES FOR BEGINNING TEACHERS
Clear Thinking: Talking Back to Whispering Shadows: Instructor's Guide (Nichols, 1998). ISBN 0-9649142-2-0, $30
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). Membership information, 1-888-232-7733, annual fee $84 - $99
Discover IDEA CD '99 (1999). Available for IDEA Partnerships Projects, http://www.ideapractices.org, $10
The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher (Wong & Wong, 1998). ISBN 0-9629360-0-0-6, $30
Five-Minute Warmups for the Middle Grades: Quick and Easy Activities to Reinforce Basic Skills (Green, Schlichting, & Thomas, 1994). ISBN 0-86530-263-4, $10
I Can Problem Solve: An Interpersonal Cognitive Problem-Solving Program for the Intermediate Elementary Level (Shure, 1992). ISBN 0-87822-340-1, $40
I Can Problem Solve: An Interpersonal Cognitive Problem-Solving Program for the Kindergarten and Primary Level (Shure, 1992). ISBN 0-87822-339-8, $40
I Can Problem Solve: An Interpersonal Cognitive Problem-Solving Program for the Preschool Level (Shure, 1992). ISBN 0-87822-338-X, $40
IDEA 1997: Let's Make It Work (1998). ISBN 0-86586-303-2. Available from CEC, 1-888-232-7733, $15
If you're Going to Teach Kids to Write, You've Gotta Have This Book (Frank, 1995). ISBN 0-86560-317-7, $15
Instructor, published by Scholastic Inc., 1-800-544-2917, $15 per year.
The Laughing Classroom: Everyone's Guide to Teaching with Humor and Play (Loomans & Kolberg, 1993). ISBN # 0-915811-44-8, $15
The Pre-referral Intervention Manual: The Most Common Learning and Behavior Problems Encountered in the Educational Environment (McCarney & Cummins, 1988) ISBN 1-87837-211-4, $30
Scholastic Rhyming Dictionary (Young, 1994). ISBN 0-590-49461-9, $13
Skillstreaming the Adolescent (Goldstein & McGinnis, 1997). ISBN 0-87822-369-X, $18
Skillstreaming in Early Childhood (Goldstein & McGinnis, 1997). ISBN 0-87822-321-5, $14
Skillstreaming the Elementary School Child (Goldstein & McGinnis, 1997). ISBN 0-87822-372-X, $18
Strategies and Tactics for Effective Instruction (Algozzine, Ysseldyke, & Elliott, 1997). ISBN 1-57035-119-8, $30
Survival Guide for the First Year Special Education Teacher (Cohen, Gale, & Meyer, 1994). ISBN 0-86586-256-7. Available from CEC, 1-888-232-7733, $13
The Teacher's Encyclopedia of Behavior Management: 100 Problems and 500 Plans (Sprick & Howard, 1995). ISBN 1-57035-031-0, $40
Teaching Tolerance, available from Teaching Tolerance, 400 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104, at no cost.
Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Educcation Curriculum for Adolescents (Vernon, 1989). ISBN 0-87822-306-1, $26
Thinking, Feeling, Behaving: An Emotional Educcation Curriculum for Children (Vernon, 1989). ISBN 0-87822-305-3, $26
Time Savers for Educators ( Elliott, Algozzine, & Ysseldyke, 1997). ISBN 1-57035-118-X, $20
The Touch Kid Book (Rhode, Jenson, & Reavis, 1993). ISBN 0-944584-55-1, $20
The Touch Kid Tool Box (Rhode, Jenson, & Reavis, 1994). ISBN 1-57035-000-0, $20
Whispering Shadows: Think Clearly & Claim Your Personal Power: Student Text (Nichols & Shaw, 1998). ISBN 0-9649142-1-2, $15
Useful Web Sites for New Teachers
Teacher's Lounge. Public access, support group for teachers across the country, providing an informal atmosphere for interaction across the Internet.
College of Education, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Student services and departmental resources for those in the education field from K-12 through higher education.
Mighty Media. Public access, message board for teachers mentoring through the use of e-mail, short-term or long-term mentoring.
The University of Mississippi Reading Institute for Beginning Teachers. A support system for teachers entering the field.
Teachers net. Public access message board for mentoring special education teachers and special education issues.
Creighton University. The exploration of tele-mentoring network and its benefits to those involved.
Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) in Santa Rosa, California. SRJC's Child Development Department, The Mentor Teacher Program.
Teacher Mentors. Public access Web site that advertises for staff development for methodologies and mentoring.