Stuff I Wish I'd Known A Practical Guide for High School Speech and Drama Teachers

This book explains the process of being a speech & drama teacher in a high school. Chapters include: Handling Day-to-Day Activities, Creating Relationships, Starting a Speech Team, Directing the First Show, Running an Auditorium, Hosting a Tournament, Teaching in the Inner City, & many lists of catalogs, texts, resources & associations important to & useful for the speech & drama teacher. STUFF I WISH I'D KNOWN fills a long-felt gap in the literature. Nothing in the field approaches its depth of detail, pedagogical insight & professional quality. Written by a high school speech & drama teacher of 30 years, this text speaks especially to college students in teacher training, to beginning teachers, & to teachers from other disciplines assigned speech & drama responsibilities. STUFF is reader friendly, wise, humorous, & packed with practical information. It should be required reading at the college level & a ready reference on the desk of every new speech & drama teacher.Heathcotte, Toby is the author of 'Stuff I Wish I'd Known A Practical Guide for High School Speech and Drama Teachers', published 1994 under ISBN 9780964088207 and ISBN 0964088207.