Why Didn't I Learn This in College?

Support your new teachers by providing them with a resource that prepares them for 21^st century classrooms. The second edition of  Why Didn’t I Learn This in College? Includes dozens of teacher-tested procedures, routines, and suggestions for organizing classrooms for learning. Over 60 ready-to-use tools and templates are available online. If you believe that the best management program is a strong instructional program, this book is the one you want for your new teachers.

Join over 500,000 new teachers and mentors worldwide who are using this text in their induction and mentoring programs. The addition of self-assessments, updated tools, and more active learning strategies make this edition even more valuable.

Message from the Author
While new teachers may say they need classroom management skills, what they really need to know is how to design rigorous and appropriately scaffolded lessons and how to create learning-centered classrooms where high-level engagement and learning can occur. We must help new teachers learn that the end they should have in mind for their students is not that  they are well-managed, but that they are well-educated.

About the Author:
Paula Rutherford is President of Just ASK Publications & Professional Development (Just ASK) and an ASK Group Senior Consultant. She lives in the Washington, DC area. She is the author of Why Didn t I Learn This in College?, The 21st Century Mentor s Handbook, Instruction for All Students, and Leading the Learning: A Field Guide for Supervision & Evaluation. Paula is also the developer of the Mentoring in the 21st CenturyTM Resource Kit and writes an e-newsletter Mentoring in the 21st Century. She is currently writing a book on meeting the needs of diverse learners.