Otis Kriegel—Starting School Right

Otis Kriegel joins Justin Baeder to discuss his book, Starting School Right. Interview Notes, Resources, & Links Purchase Otis'Book, Starting School Right. About Otis Kriegel Otis Kriegel is a 15-year veteran elementary school and middle school teacher, having taught in dual language, monolingual, and Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) classrooms. He has been a guest lecturer at the Bank Street College of Education, City College of New York, and Touro College as well as being adjunct faculty at New York University. He created the lecture, “How to Survive Your First Years Teaching & Have a Life,” which was the impetus of his book, Everything a New Elementary School Teacher REALLY Needs to Know (But Didn’t Learn in College) and his most recent book is Starting School Right: How do I plan for a successful first week in my classroom?