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gracelutheranschool.wordpress.com
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My best advice for new teachers is to always have a backup
plan.
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Be consistent, firm and fair. When the bell rings come out
teaching!
Riptide
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Don't try to be perfect. Remember you know more than the
students do. Try to sit in on other teacher's classes and
see what you can learn. Finally, you will get better. Don't
panic.
Miss E
Your first year will be a throw away. Or seek help from
teachers who can teach you how to teach (and do what they
say). Your college classes were pointless when it comes to
implementation.
Oh and you know nothing about teaching. Not one bit. Come
back to me in two-four years. Then you can be confident.
jwrussell
Create an "absent box" where you place papers for absent
students (with their name written on the top). Teach
students to visit this box immediately upon return to class.
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Art
You know that look your mother could give you across a
crowded room (or from up in the church choir) that could
immediately squelch any thought of misbehavior? Go home
and practice that in the mirror. You'll need it, and your
voice gets so tired sometimes!
Get to know your librarian. They have great ideas and
resources.
Mr.G
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Create a Google Doc (use Google Forms for this) survey to
learn about your students strengths, weaknesses, interests,
likes. dislikes, family, etc. This will help you to differentiate
instruction, and to get to know your kids much better!
mrmuzzdog
Get to know two people in your school as soon as possible:
the secretary and the custodian. These two support staff
often work behind the scenes to keep everything running
smoothly and can be your most valuable resource.
nshuman78
Now more than ever, allow yourself to learn from your
students and give them the opportunity to teach their
peers.
Helen
Ecarboni
mrsbadman13
Stay Calm!
Choose Your Battles!
Always Have A Backup Plan!
brynspence
Ms. Kappler
Amy Boylen
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gardenglen
Be very, very, very patient!
Everything is changing and everybody is lost, so you need
patience to deal with your students and their parents.
Maria
Arbi
Think twice before being a teacher. It's very tiresome and
frustrating. It's becoming very hard to work as a teacher,
so think twice before starting!
Sandra
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Give parents the following assignment @ orientation or on
the 1st day of school: "In a million words or less....describe
your child." This is a very effective way for parents to have
an opportunity to give you both the positives & negatives
about their child's personality, learning styles, ect.
Students LOVE the fact that their parents have an
assignment on the first day. Parents usually respond with a
minimum of 3 paragraphs. This assignment helped me learn
names faster, as well as gain a perspective about each child
in a short amount of time. Can work with all grade levels; I
did it at the middle school level.
headen_cj
It's okay to not know everything. In fact, it's sometimes
better: I've found that Socratic irony (where the teacher
professes to be [and, in some cases, actually is] ignorant)
leads to authentic and rigorous inquiry in ways that
students guessing what the teacher already knows never
could.
mr_blackstone
http://kbkonnected.tumblr.com/
I have more than one tip: Be firm, fair, and consistent. Don't try
to become friends with your students. Learn about your incoming
students from their past teachers, but keep an open mind because
very year should be a fresh start. Don't hang around the
complainers and whiners. Instead, find a veteran teacher who
most closely resembles the kind of teacher you want to become
and learn from them. Get involved in your school community, but
remember to take time for yourself to avoid burn out. Spend the
first few weeks modeling and practicing your expectations and
procedures(and follow-through). It pays off in the end. Above all,
remember that you're entering one of the most challenging, yet
rewarding careers a person can have. It won't be easy, but
imagine the lives you will touch:)
Tricia @ http://differentiate-with-technology.wikispaces.com
Get organized and stay organized. Train your students
(any age!) to put things away correctly. This will save you
so much time!
Set aside time at the end of each day to de-clutter your
desk and put materials in their proper place. When you
walk in the next morning, you will be able to focus and
move forward.
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Stay calm!
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Have back up work ready in case any of your lesson fail.
That way you can regroup but the students are kept busy
(I use to make vocabulary word searches, crossword
puzzles, textbook scavenger hunts, etc.)
www.sciencenotebooking.blogspot.com
Margot Lavelle
gormang usd344supt.blogspot.com
Find a friend in another teacher and share
experiences/ask for help. But avoid the teachers' lounge -
the bitchers and moaners hang out there, and you'll get
nothing to support you there.
francesblo
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Be organized. A place for everything and everything in it's
place.
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Take time to build community along with kicking off your
first unit of study.
sapereaude
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Make sure that the students know that you are in charge. I
work in a big urban district, and if the students can see
that you are unsure of yourself, you will have a LONG
year. Once you get that out of the way, things will become
a heck of a lot easier!!
Matt F.
On the first day of school, avoid going over the
syllabus. Give your students a taste of what it will be like
to be in your class. There will be plenty of time to review
your policies. It's very important to set the tone from
day 1 of what your class will be like. Since I teach
Spanish, I will converse with the students about what
they like and don't like to do. I believe in personalizing
my class and getting to know them that first week, which
always results in better behaved students. And, when we
do get around to the syllabus, I make them take turns
reading it to one another, rather than me reading it to
them.
catherineleon71
If you don't understand, ASK!
If you do understand,PASS IT ON!
teechabc
Carol
First comes the person, then the pupil/student.
sguilana
Everything is 'urgent'.
Ask for help to identify what is actually important & just
do those things.
(courtesy of my line manager, years ago when I returned
to teaching - I still operate like this.) Thanks Dawn <3
Deb
Don't be afraid to ask questions! Your teaching peers,
understand the school system, the calendar, the grading
system, professional contact, the curriculum, classroom
management, because they have been through it before.
It's not a weakness to admit you don't know something!
http://007technotidbits.blogspot.com
Gail Braddock
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Joe
Remember MOE from the Three Stooges: Make learning
Meaningful, Organized, and Elaborated upon.
Scott Witkowsky
http://71sliderules.blogspot.com/
Make use of the experience of your fellow teachers - ask
for help and advice, it will make for a stronger team. They
in turn may ask you for tips and tricks that you learned at
college.
As far as the students - remember that every student has a
strength but sometimes it takes a bit of searching. Take
time to really get to know them. When you have conflict, it
is much better to talk 1-1 to the student(s) involved, rather
than a public confrontation. Good luck!
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"Ask someone" I have found many new teachers think that
they should come into it day one with all of the
answers. Veteran teachers have seen it, heard it and done
it all. Save yourself time and energy. Ask one of your
peers. They love to help, that is why they became
teachers!
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Quote from Martin Heidegger (in Being and Time): ‘Teaching is even more
difficult than learning. We know that; but we rarely think about it. And
why is teaching more difficult than learning? Not because the teacher
must have a larger store of information, and have it always ready. Teaching
is more difficult than learning because what teaching calls for is this: to
let learn. The real teacher, in fact lets nothing else be learned than—
learning. His conduct, therefore, often produces the impression that we
properly learn nothing from him, if by “learning” we now suddenly
understand merely the procurement of useful information. The teacher is
ahead of his apprentices in this alone, that he has still far more to learn
than they—he has to learn to let them learn. The teacher must be capable
of being more teachable than the apprentices. The teacher is far less
assured of his ground than those who learn are of theirs. If the relation
between the teacher and the taught is genuine, therefore, there is never a
place in it for the authority of the know-it-all or the authoritative sway of
the official’ (15). This pretty much says it all...
radney
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jasonhbuck
Limit the amount of work that you take home. I try to take
work home on 2-3 days a week and never on weekends.
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Lacey
Keep comfy shoes in a drawer or cabinet! Some days
require more running than others and straps snap or laces
break. :)
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Kim Munoz
http://techmunoz.edublogs.org
Jeanette
Tricia617
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Take time for yourself. It's easy to devote every waking
minute to school your first year. Decide on a "quitting
time" before you tackle the pile of papers, and stick to
it! There's always tomorrow.
www.mrsbakerbsd.com
mrmillersblog.com
This might sound negative but it was the best advise I was
ever given - there is only so much time in the day - do all
you can to best of ability - but remember their is more to
life than school - and that needs time too.
mrhnz
Greg
http://jenverschoor.wordpress.com/
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Best advice for new teachers:
1. Be organized.
2. Ask for help
3. Use the curriculum as a guide, but be creative.
4. Ask for help
5. create a PLN
6. Ask for help.
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Always take the time to clean off your desk before you
leave every afternoon. When you arrive the next morning,
your desk is free of clutter and you can begin a fresh new
day. :O)
Renee DeBlock
@rdeblock
http://mrsdeblock.blogspot.com/
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Tune into the students. They are your partners. If you earn
their trust, they will guide you, tell you when you can pick up
the pace and when you need to slow down. Empower them as
masters of their own learning journeys.
Kelly M, Windsor, ON
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spirobolos
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Debra Breunig
Cheryl Higginbotham
cjgermano
Skier 10
peasandqs
desertjul
Carol L.
Angie
sassy_librarian
feistylibrarian
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Work hard, put in a lot of hours, be proactive with your
communication to parents, and ask questions. There is no
easy way to success as a new teacher, but it will pay off in
a few years!
http://musiced-technology.blogspot.com/
SimpleK12
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