This new edition of Reluctant Disciplinarian includes everything that made the first book popular, as well as a new section in which Rubinstein tells what has happened in the years since the book was first published—leaving the field of education and eventually making his way back to the classroom and "what I was meant to do."
In this funny and insightful book, Gary Rubinstein relives his own truly disastrous first year of teaching. He begins his teaching career armed only with idealism and romantic visions of teaching—and absolutely no classroom management skills. By his fourth year, however, he is named his school’s “Teacher of the Year.”
As Rubinstein details his transformation from incompetent to successful teacher, he shows what works and what doesn’t work when managing a classroom. Just a few of his ideas:
- Develop a teacher look. The teacher look says, “There’s nothing you can do that I haven’t already seen, so don’t even bother trying.”
- Show students that you are a “real” teacher by doing things they expect of real teachers, at least for a while.
- Be prepared to utter a decisive answer to anything within two seconds. Decisive answers inspire confidence.
Any teacher—experienced or not—will enjoy this honest and humorous look at the real world of teaching, and will come away with some very helpful ideas for classroom management.
The book is used all over the country in teacher preparation programs. Ben Guest, Program Manager for the Mississippi Teacher Corps describes the book as "That rare classroom management book that is both thoughtful and realistic. It is also a great read, with parts that are laugh out loud funny."
Reluctant Disciplinarian is included in the New Teacher Package, a cost-saving assortment of books just for teachers.
by Gary Rubinstein
Size: 7" x 9"
Pages: 144
ISBN: 978-1-877673-36-8
