THE TEACHING MIRROR: Lessons Learned as a First-Year Teacher by Victor Z. Stanhope

THE TEACHING MIRROR LESSONS LEARNED AS A FIRST-YEAR TEACHER by Victor Z. Stanhope An Introspective and Honest Analysis of a Teacher’s First Year’s Experiences One of every ten first-year teachers leave the profession after that frightful first year – and author Victor Z. Stanhope knows why. Despite the expansive list of books and resources geared towards helping first-year teachers, none of them illuminate the realities of the first-year teaching experience. THE TEACHING MIRROR: LESSONS LEARNED AS A FIRST-YEAR TEACHER is the first book to explore a first-year teacher’s experience through analyzing journal entries written before and throughout the school year. This book synthesizes the author’s journal entries and experience into lessons for first-year teachers to help them better cope with their upcoming or current life as a new teacher. This book is very helpful for new teachers in that it: Provides incoming first-year teachers with an honest and practical perspective of the experien