Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher’s First Year

A must-read for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, Educating Esm? is the exuberant diary of Esm? Raji Codell’s first year teaching in a Chicago public school. Fresh-mouthed and free-spirited, the irrepressible Madame Esm?-as she prefers to be called-does the cha-cha during multiplication tables, roller-skates down the hallways, and puts on rousing performances with at-risk students in the library. Her diary opens a window into a real-life classroom from a teacher’s perspective. While battling bureaucrats, gang members, abusive parents, and her own insecurities, this gifted young woman reveals what it takes to be an exceptional teacher.

Heroine to thousands of parents and educators, Esm? now shares more of her ingenious and yet down-to-earth approaches to the classroom in a supplementary guide to help new teachers hit the ground running. As relevant and iconoclastic as when it was first published, Educating Esm? is a classic, as is Madame Esm? herself.

Author: Esmé Raji Codell
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781565129351
Language: English