You've Got This: Finding Happiness and Success in Your First Years of Teaching

By Robert Dunlop and Suzanne Dailey

To all the overwhelmed early-career teachers: You've got this

New to teaching and nervous about embarking on this fulfilling but challenging career? Just back from a break and looking for some refreshers? Maybe you've been teaching for a while and need tips for staying positive and centered on the job. Whatever your trajectory, You've Got This: Finding Happiness and Success in Your First Years of Teaching is loaded with strategies and resources to make teaching rewarding for your students, their families, and you.

Educators Suzanne Dailey and Robert Dunlop have spent their careers as reflective practitioners devoted to helping K-12 teachers get the most out of teaching so that students can get the most out of learning. In this comprehensive, reader-friendly guide, they provide page after page of research- and practice-based ideas for

Planning, executing, and reflecting on lessons.Connecting with colleagues, students, and families.Differentiating instruction in the classroom.Ensuring a comfortable and engaging learning environment.Motivating yourself to teach and your students to learn.Successfully addressing common challenges.

Whether you are just now entering the profession or simply need a reminder of why you started teaching in the first place, you'll find the guidance and encouragement you need in You've Got This.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416634398
• ISBN13: 9781416634393
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 10.0"