What I Wish I Had Known: Advice for a New Teacher

Title

Date

2024

Author

Josée Gratton

Genre

Motivational

Non-Fiction

Being a new teacher is an overwhelming experience. With so many things to learn and to put into practice, it can be difficult to know where to start. What I Wish I Had Known is a collection of short pieces of advice for new teachers. From ideas on how to set up your classroom, what to do on the first day and first week of school, how to build a community in your classroom and how to ask for help, these ideas will help guide you as you begin this difficult, but rewarding career. Good luck!

Books can be purchased by emailing Josée Gratton at gratton_j@icloud.com

About the Author

Josée Gratton

Josée Gratton grew up on the South Shore of Montréal. She completed her University studies in Spanish Literature at Queen’s University, and received her Bachelor of Education from D’Youville College in Buffalo. She has been a French Immersion Teacher in the Guelph community for over 15 years. Throughout her career, she has welcomed many teacher education candidates in her classroom as well as mentored new teachers in various schools. What I Wish I Had Known is her first book. She hopes that these pieces of advice will help new teachers feel more confident and less overwhelmed in their first years of teaching.

When she is not in the classroom, she loves to be creative and is always working on new projects! She lives in Guelph, Ontario with her husband Ben and her two children Abigail and Noah.