Keywords

first-year teaching, teaching credentials, mentorship

Abstract

My diploma proved I knew English; my teaching certificate proved I knew how to teach it. Armed only with these and a head filled with idealistic visions of myself as the next Mr. Chips, I landed my first teaching job. As a mid-year graduate, I was lucky to flnd any high school job, so I jumped at the first, and only, offer. I started work on January 3, taking over for an established teacher who at mid-term had gone on permanent disability leave.

Original Publication Citation

“Mentors: Keys to Survival and Growth,” English Journal. 84.4 (April 1995): 76-77.