3. You might feel overwhelmed with the tremendous amount of pressure of walking
into your first day of class. The districts guidelines, lesson plans, the school’s
administration. Not to mention the 15-20 kids that will all be under your care.
4. After a few months or a year of
working in a new job, you will probably
find yourself saying something like…
“If only I’d known that when I was
new”.
Or had someone tell me
“This is what you should/shouldn’t do”
5. During the remaining of this presentation I will offer you some tips and do’s
and don’ts to help you survive your first year as a new teacher.
6. Even though the easiest thing to do when a kid is
misbehaving is to send them to the principles office, it is not
a good idea.
This is a way for them to escape any responsibilities in the
class room or to avoid class work.
It is better to try to fix the discipline problems.
7. It is important to find a mentor within the school. A
mentor will help and guide you when times when
things get tough and you become overwhelmed.
8. A big “don’t” is to try to not teach too much in one single day. It
is likely that the students will get overwhelmed and will start to
zone out and tune you out.
9. When you are teaching make sure you have an activity to go with the lesson.
Students get bored when they don’t have activities to do.
A lot of younger students learn better during hands on activities
10. When your students are doing what they are
suppose to be doing make sure to reinforce
them!
Implement a type of reward system such as
tokens or prizes
You could do this for each individual student
or as a class effort.
11. It is not good to punish “lazy” or “bad"
kids, because there is no such thing.
You might not be grabbing their
attention in the right way. What is
rewarding to one student might not be
rewarding for an other. Find something
that you’re students will enjoy as a class
12. One thing to make sure to do is to have class management.
You want to inform your
students about the things that
are expected of them to do
when they first walk into the
class room
And how to transition from
their desks to recess or from
the reading rug to their desk.
13. It is important to not allow students to
shout out answers.
It will make the students think that they do
not need to raise their hands to make a
comment or to ask for something. Some
students may just sit back and let others
answer.
14. Your day/Lesson plan will not always go as planned
It is important to know this and to be able to wing it at times!
Children are unpredictable
15. It is very important to not ramble. If
you talk too much there is a high
possibility that the students will start to
tone you out and not pay attention to
the material. It is better to keep it short
and simple.
16. Keep a journal.
Write down funny comments or
nice gestures that you’re students
said or did..
This will give you hope on tough
days
17. Just as you are learning by trial and error, they are too
Allow them to make mistakes then help them figure out how to make it better.
18. Set an example for your students.
Treat them with the respect that you would like to be treated with,
Don’t just tell them but show them.
19. Allow them to select projects. They will
work with more excitement. They will most
likely learn more because they will be
interested in the project that they pick
more than the one that you pick for them.
20. Plan for different learning abilities
Not every kid is the same, you should have activities that will be fair
to everyone in your classroom.
21. Whether you are provoked by a
child, administrator or a parent it is
important to always remain calm.
You are being looked up to by
many, therefore professionalism is
always important.
Editor's Notes
There are many things that go into being a first year teacher
You never really know what to expect during the first few months or year
It’s all mainly all trail and error.
You might feel overwhelmed with the tremendous amount of pressure of walking into your first day of class.
The districts guidelines, lesson plans, the school’s administration
Not to mention the 15-20 kids that will all be under your care.
After a few months or a year of working in a new job, you will probably find yourself saying something like…
“If only I’d known that when I was new”.
Or had someone tell me
“This is what you should/shouldn’t do”
During the remaining of this presentation I will…
offer you some tips and
do’s and don’ts
to help you survive your first year as a new teacher.
Even though the easiest thing to do when a kid is misbehaving is to send them to the principles office, it is not a good idea.
This is a way for them to escape any responsibilities in the class room or to avoid class work.
It is better to try to fix the discipline problems.
It is important to find a mentor within the school.
There will be times when things will get tough
A mentor will help and guide you.
A big “don’t” is to try to not teach too much in one single day.
The students will most likely get overwhelmed
They will start to zone out and tune you out.
When you are teaching make sure you have an activity to go with the lesson.
Students get bored when they don’t have activities to do.
A lot of younger students learn better during hands on activities
When your students are doing what they are suppose to be doing make sure to reinforce them!
Implement a type of reward system such as tokens or prizes
You could do this for each individual student or as a class effort.
It is not good to punish “lazy” or “bad" kids
You might not be grabbing their attention in the right way
What is rewarding to one student might not be rewarding for an other.
One thing to make sure to do is class management.
You want to inform your students about the things that are expected of them to do when they first walk into the class room
And how to transition from their desks to recess.
It is important to not allow students to shout out answers.
It will make the students think that they do not need to raise their hands to make a comment or to ask for something.
Some students may just sit back and let others answer.
Children are unpredictable
Your day/Lesson plan will not always go as planned
It is important to know this and to be able to wing it at times!
Keep a journal.
Write down funny comments or nice gestures that you’re students said or did..
This will give you hope on tough days
Just as you are learning by trial and error, they are too
Allow them to make mistakes
Then help them figure out how to make it better.
Set an example for your students.
Treat them with the respect that you would like to be treated with,
Don’t just tell them but show them.
allow them to select projects
they will work with more excitement
and will most likely learn more
Plan for different learning abilities
Not every kid is the same
You should have activities that will be fair to everyone in your classroom.
Whether you are provoked by a child, administrator or a parent
It is important to always remain calm.
You are being looked up to by many, therefore professionalism is always important.