ABC for New Teachers
- Admit your mistakes -- and learn from them.
- Be firm but flexible.
- Communicate with parents.
- Develop a homework policy -- and stick to it.
- Empower your students; don't just teach them.
- Find time to attend extra-curricular activities.
- Get to know all the teachers in your school and make friends with the admin and support staff.
- Have the courage to try something else if what you're doing isn't working.
- Institute a clear discipline policy -- and enforce it consistently.
- Just listen -- both to what the kids are saying and to what they're not saying.
- Keep a diary.
- Learn your school's policies and procedures.
- Model desired attitudes and behaviuor.
- Never let the world get you down
- Overplan.
- Prepare interesting lessons.
- Quit worrying and just do your best.
- Remember that you teach students first, then you teach whatever academic discipline you learned.
- Stay alert.
- Take time to assess your progress.
- Understand that the learning process involves everyone -teachers, students, colleagues, and parents.Get everyone involved.
- Volunteer to share projects and ideas, and don't be afraid to ask others to share their ideas with you.
- Work within your limits.
- Xpect the unexpected -- and plan for it!
- Yell if you need support.
- Zero in on your strengths, not your weaknesses. (Remember - nobody's perfect!)