Standing at the Front of the Room: A Teacher's Education

By Dr. Infini P. Jemison-Ewing

Standing at the Front of the Room is a narrative reflection on teaching, written from the perspective of an educator looking back on nearly two decades in the classroom.

Rather than offering strategies or prescriptions, this book explores the lived experience of teaching-its tensions, contradictions, small moments, and enduring questions. Through personal narrative and professional reflection, the author examines what it means to stand in front of students day after day and make decisions that shape learning, relationships, and self-understanding.

Organized around three enduring conflicts-the teacher in relationship with students, the learning environment, and the self-the book considers themes such as authority and humility, fairness, student voice, professional judgment, emotional labor, and sustainability in a career that is both public and deeply personal.

An appendix includes selected research and reflective essays that extend the conversation around student voice, race, and professional identity for readers who want additional depth and context.

Standing at the Front of the Room is written for:

educators at any stage of their career

student teachers and teacher-education programs

readers interested in the reflective, human side of teaching

This is not a guide to managing classrooms, but a considered account of becoming-and remaining-an educator.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GH1QQ48R
• ISBN13: 9798244033113
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"