This realistic guide helps identify and manage every day teaching situations in the elementary classroom. It is one master teacher's perspective what future teachers should know, as they prepare for their career.

Staff Refrigerator - Always put your lunch on the top shelf. When the eventual lunch bag leaks, it is better to give wet sandwich sympathy than to receive it.

Letter of Recommendation (LOR) - Your receipt for a completed job and proclaims your reputation. Do not leave student teaching without one from your master teacher, university...