Welcome to the Year II Book Study!

The book study in which the Year II Education and Training Interns will focus on is Fred Jones's Tools for Teaching.

In the not-so-distant future, many of you will be entering your first classrooms.  Your school district and campus principal will coach you through your first year of teaching.  You may even be partnered with a mentor teacher who is a "go-to" for advice.  In Birdville ISD, first year teachers participate in the "New Teacher Academy." Throughout the year they meet with their mentors, attend sessions led by administrators on topics specific to new teachers, and share strategies from the book, Tools for Teaching.

This book will help you focus on some of the most prevalent problems encountered by teachers and help you discover how to prevent them.  You will enjoy Fred's light-hearted writing style and his son's humorous cartoons and graphics as you read this book.

Enjoy!