SKU: GI.G-5960
A Guide for Your First
Year of Teaching.
Composed by Catherine
Bell Robertson. Music
Education. Book. GIA
Publications #5960.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-5960).
English. Text by
Catherine Bell
Robertson.
A Guide
for Your First Year of
Teaching From fundraisers
to irate parents, from
meeting other teachers to
measuring for new
marching band uniforms,
your teaching methods
class never covered this
territory! In Confessions
of a First-Year Maestro,
author Catherine Bell
Robertson takes readers
along as she rides the
roller coaster of first
year teaching! Centered
on journal entries
written during her first
year as director of all
bands, choirs, and
ensembles at a parochial
high school, this book
captures the surprises,
joys, and woes of her
hectic year. As a
survivor and now veteran
teacher, she also looks
back on this challenging
time and offers
insightful reflections.
Robertson's journal and
commentary are filled
with lessons that every
future teacher should
read, especially those
who will teach music. But
while offering
inspiration and a few
warnings for education
students, the humorous
and often touching
stories in this book also
offer encouragement and
understanding for
teachers in their own
first year, as well as a
trip down memory lane for
many veterans. A
delightful and sincere
look into the world of a
first-year teacher as she
begins her real
education! Kate Robertson
teaches at Arrowhead High
School in Hartland,
Wisconsin (not the school
described in this book).
She graduated with
highest honors from the
University of
Wisconsin-La Crosse with
a Bachelor of Science in
Music Education and has
been teaching for four
years. In her spare time,
she enjoys traveling,
hiking, gardening,
cross-country skiing, and
spending time with her
husband, Cal, and their
dog, Jake. Currently, Ms.
Robertson is pursuing a
Master's Degree in
Education and is
beginning work on her
follow-up book to
Confessions of a
First-Year Maestro,
entitled More
Confessions: A Fellowship
of Teaching Strategies,
Stories, and Ideas. For
more information, or to
contribute to this
collective book, please
contact Ms. Robertson at
teacherconfessions@yahoo.
com.
