Everything inexperienced first-year teachers need to manage the chaos of the modern classroom They Never Taught Us That: Educator Andrea's Guide to Teaching, Managing the Chaos, and Keeping Your Sanity is your friendly (and slightly frazzled) guide to the hilarious realities of the classroom that teacher training left out. Veteran educator Andrea Forcum, Ph.D., combines laugh-out-loud anecdotes from the trenches with practical tools and strategies for everything from surviving the first day to building trust with parents and other stakeholders. In this book, readers will learn how to:

- Establish classroom rules that won't get trampled

- Create a captivating lesson plan and collaborate on Individual Education Programs (IEPs)

- Document parent contact, student behavior, grades (including failing assignments), and more

- Navigate the paperwork avalanche without turning into a sleep-deprived zombie

- Facilitate collaborative parent-teacher conferences



They Never Taught Us That: Educator Andrea's Guide to Teaching, Managing the Chaos, and Keeping Your Sanity is an essential resource (literally, essential) for first-year teachers who are all too often scrambling for purchase on the slippery, moving, mucous-covered treadmill that is public education (said with love, of course). "Educator Andrea will have you breathing a sigh of relief that you're not the only awkward teacher out there, while somehow delivering a full stand-up set between the pages. With humor, heart, and hard-earned wisdom, she speaks directly to new (and hopeful) teachers in a way that feels like a real conversation with your teacher bestie."

-LAURAN WOOLLEY, M.Ed., (@mrs.woolleyin5th), educator and content creator