The cooperating teachers who make the greatest positive impact on interns allow student teachers to make mistakes and learn from them, offer constructive feedback, invest in their student teachers' success, practice current pedagogy in their own classrooms, and remain positive throughout the experience. In this article, the author suggests that…

Presents a letter offering help for an overwhelmed first-year middle school teacher hating teaching. Offers a response from her former college professor commiserating with her, advocating survival as a perfectly good goal, offering four suggestions, and remembering his own desire to quit early in his teaching career. Includes the beginning…

Offers advice to prospective teachers on what to expect from students and how to maintain discipline in the classroom. (RL)

Presents one author's experiences in a two-year intensive education program which involved a "teaching associate year" in three different school settings as well as a year-long internship position. Notes the invaluable lessons learned and support gained from this program. Offers reflections on teacher preparation from a teacher educator. (SR)