Finding success the first year: a survivor's guide for new teachers

1. The secret weapons : Enthusiasm ; Setting the right tone ; Respect ; The power of positivity

2. Who are your students? ; Teaching common sense ; Students are fragile ; Teaching is a game of inches

3. Relating to your students : Keeping lessons clear ; How to get the most from your students ; Student accountability, or you can lead a horse to water ... ; How to design a foolproof lesson ; How to deliver a foolproof lesson

4. Managing your students : Idle threats and consequence scales ; Using your voice and body as teaching tools ; How to respond to unwanted behavior ; Trouble is complex

5. Building your classroom foundation : Setting the ground rules ; Physically setting up your classroom ; Classroom rituals

6. The tools of the trade : Lectures ; Discussions ; Group work

7. Cheat sheets : How to respond to a question you don't have an answer for ; A student cheats ; When bad things happen in good classrooms ; Pressing the reset button on the classroom

8. The tasks : Dealing with parents ; Teaching to everyone

9. The traps : Just say no: The pitches ; The urge to be groovy ; Friendly fire

10. The tricks : The advantages of being a new teacher ; The role of emotion in the classroom ; The use of technology ; Becoming an organizational champion.