Suck Less in the Classroom Tomorrow : Honest Advice for Teachers in their First Years

Suck Less in the Classroom Tomorrow is an honest and comprehensive guide for struggling classroom teachers looking to improve their craft.Part narrative, part guidebook, it offers an overview of the profession, with practical advice, easy-to-implement strategies, and how-to information for the day-to-day of teaching, written as a conversation overheard in the teachers’ lounge. Unlike traditional teacher guides, this book calls it like it is and says the quiet parts out loud.It helps struggling teachers feel seen and know that not everyone has it all figured out all the time.The easy-to-digest chapters cover sucking less at lesson planning, classroom management, grading and feedback, burning out, and more.An appendix offers a list of “plug-and-chug” strategies that a teacher can start using on day one—what they are, how to use them, and ways they can show up in your classroom. With the helpful and humorous advice in this book, you’ll feel inspired to teach better while also being reassured that teaching is hard and we don’t have to be perfect every day.Little by little, you will improve and find your joy and satisfaction increasing along the way.