What do you do when you don't know what to do?
While Teaching School is a Scream! is a helping guidebook designed
to fill a desperate need for substitute teachers in school districts all
over America, the sound advice inside this work should also help new
school teachers, parents, grandparents, homeschoolers, Scout Leaders,
Sunday School teachers, and anyone wishing to deal intelligently with
school-age children.
A second purpose of this book is to alert and educate anyone who wants
to earn good/great money without giving up their life.
In memoir form, Scream follows the career path of a person unprepared
for teaching above the kindergarten level. You will experience the
stress, incompetence, joys, successes, and despairs of someone who had
to teach since she spent their two sons' college fund on a house with a
swimming pool.
The Appendix provide concrete ideas for art, music, games, seatwork,
rewards, and corrections. An emphasis is devoted to a level-by-level
exploration of "What to do when you don't know what to do.
In spite of the title, the author finds better ways to deal with her
students in lieu of screaming. She discovers diffusion and develops many
techniques which she shares in detail.
Every school district should have copies of Teaching School is a
Scream! readily available for teachers and subs. This gave me a "shot
in the arm" of enthusiasm and empowerment. It also brought back a lot of
wonderful memories. Full of ideas, I can hardly wait to implement them.
Estela Ohashi, Substitute Teacher since 1996
This engaging book is filled with Judy Woods-Knight's wisdom born of
experience and practical ideas coupled with emphases on the importance
of humor and above all, a genuine desire to serve young minds in need of
the best any teacher can deliver. Gail C. Ferguson Psychologist, Author
of Cracking the Intuition Code
Memoir/Education/Self-Help
