The Diary of a Student Teacher is an honest and straightforward account of the heartbreak and the happiness, the successes and the setbacks I encountered during my student teaching. It is a non-fiction book of 35,000 words.
It begins with my senior year in college, describing the anticipation I felt and the obstacles I faced as I made the final preparations for student teaching. The story continues with the actual journal I kept (complete with my professor’s comments and reflections, used by permission) which details various incidents and observations including:
The book ends with thoughts on what it takes to make it as a teacher and how the student teaching experience changed my perspective on the world.
Student teaching is the most important step in the training of a teacher. It is a time of transformation, the time for an idealistic and enthusiastic college student to become a caring and competent professional educator.
The Diary of a Student Teacher is written from both the head and the heart. As such, it will appeal to a wide audience. In addition to educators, taxpayers and parents will appreciate this insider’s look at teaching. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, it will be invaluable to anyone contemplating entering the teaching profession. The book combines the emotions with the facts, a combination no textbook could ever properly achieve. Therefore, a particular market niche for the book will be college education courses which will provide perennial sales. (105,000 baccalaureate degrees are awarded in education each year.)
