Be prepared by Shakerra Pattman

As a graduating high school senior I have seen it all. I have a lot to recommend to the new upcoming teachers. Students at Cedar Shoals can be very hard to handle. So if you’re a new, upcoming teacher just remember that you can’t be a pushover. You have to run your class from day one. Always be prepared for anything in every class. The reason I say this is because you may have students who have conflicts towards each other and a fight could break out. There’s always one student that seeks for the attention. They’re mostly referred to as class clown. Every class has a class clown and at times it can be annoying. I remember when I was in this classroom there was always this one boy who would come in and try to get everyone’s attention. He would jump around the classroom and act like a retard. We would try not to pay him any attention thinking he would stop but he just continued to act as if no one was there.
Also you should set good disciplinary rules and go by them. I remember my tenth grade year in high school. I had this nice teacher, who was a pushover. On top of that she didn’t really set boundaries for her classroom. With that being said she had no control what so ever. Students would talk to her any kind of way and were very disrespectful. So as I stated before run your classroom from the start.
More good advice for the new upcoming teachers is to make the work/ classes more interesting. You should plan the work as if you were a student. It would help them learn better and keep them more focused. So that way it can still be fun but educational at the same time. So too my new upcoming teachers focus more on helping the students get out of school instead of bringing them down. They may be hard to handle but I’m sure you knew exactly what you was getting yourself into before you became a teacher. Just make sure you are well prepared. Good luck and have a great year.