This document provides 10 tips for teachers to prepare for a successful school year. It encourages teachers to start the year motivated, engage parents in their child's education, change up the classroom environment, allow students to help design the learning space, establish clear rules for classroom management proactively, connect with other teachers online, build a survival kit, cultivate relationships with students, integrate technology effectively with a focus on pedagogy over tools, and make learning fun. The overall message is that preparing yourself and your classroom environment while engaging students and parents can help you have your best school year yet.

1. Teacher Zen!
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Prepare for Your Best Year, Yet!

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“The best thing a human being
can do is to help another
human being know more.”
- Charlie Munger

3. #1 Walk in motivated!
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4. Before class begins …
Exercise
Eat breakfast Give yourself
pep talks
Relax with
musicMeditate
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“At the end of the
day, the most
overwhelming key
to a child's success
is the positive
involvement of
parents.”
- Jane D. Hull
#2 Engage Parents!

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Parent communication tools & apps
Remind Cel.ly
Class Dojo
GAFE

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#3 Change your classroom environment!

8. Makerspaces!

9. Learning Stations

10. Take it outdoors!

11. #4 Let students create their learning environment!
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12. #4 Let students create their learning environment!
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Decorate the bulletin board
Photo collageIdea paint
Design their virtual learning spaces

13. #5 Be proactive & preventive when it
comes to classroom management
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14. Come up with the rules together
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15. • Arrive on time
• Be nice to others
• Share
• Clean after myself
• Listen

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PLNs
#6 Connect with Teachers Online!
Webinars
MOOCSWeb Conferences
Web Courses

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#DigCit
#Edtech#Edchat
#
#Back2School
#NTChat#mlearning
#GAFE#elearning
#PBL #Blendchat#TeacherEdchat #ELTchat

18. #7 Build your survival kit!
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#8 Cultivate relationships!

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21. #9 Integrate technology effectively
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Pedagogy is the
driver, technology
is the accelerator.
- Michael Fullan
Digital Blooms SAMR Peeragogy
ConnectivismRAT TPACK

23. Videos
Virtual tripsAR VR
Digital storytelling
Audio recordings Comics
Technology
Possibilities
Posters
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Presentations
Games Video conferencing
InfographicsDigital storytelling
QR codes
MindmapsDigital books
Coding
Ezines
eportfolios
Screencasts
Blogs
Curation Backchanneling
Scrapbooks Sketchnoting
Wearables Timelines

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25. #10 Make it fun!

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Gum.co/learn2go
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