My advice to the new teachers next year is don’t forget to be yourself and show them your personality. Just be you and take a deep breath and relax. My best advice for new teachers is to always have a back up plan, be consistent, firm, and fair. When the bell rings come out teaching.
If you don’t know, ask. It is about the kids, and the kid’s parents are important. Stay organized, enjoy your job, It is the best job in the world. Don’t try to be perfect. Remember; you know more than the students do. Try to sit in another teacher’s class and see what you learned. Finally, you will get better don’t panic.
Curriculum can wait. Spend time building community and relationships in your classroom. Once you do that and establish routines, you can fly through the curriculum. Be prepared. Have a plan for discipline infraction from day 1. Follow it to the letter for the first week. Kids will get the message that you say what you mean and mean what you say. Call the parents during the first week to introduce yourself and you will get a feel for how supportive and responsive parents will be.
Also try to make time to call for good things. That way when a negative phone call must be made, you already have a report with the parents.
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he is right i think teachers should enjoy themselves, be yourself, be cool, don't be to strict you should be a cool laid back teacher therefore when the upcoming students come up they'll be like such in such was a cool teacher.
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