Don't frontload content and ignore relationships.
- Introduce yourself to build relationships.
Explicate expectations for management.
- Be prepared. Get books and homework needs done before class.
- Participate. Raise your hand. Try.
- Follow countdown to quiet.
- Be proactive. Ask if confused.
- Invite feedback on items and post so they are easily seen.
Don't try to cover it all.
- Plan backwards and center instruction on key questions.
Make friends with the instructional coach.
- Seek advice from colleagues.
Teach protocols for student-led learning early.
- Have your students own learning. Socrates was right! (e.g. gallery walks, fishbowl, student-led discussions, etc.)
Incorporate play.
- Make learning dynamic. Take stretch breaks.
Create rubrics for all assessments.
- Check the value assessments. Give quizzes. Get feedback.
Avoid uptalking.
- Don't make statements sound like questions ending in a high pitch.
Find curriculum planning sites; avoid the black hole.
- Don't graze the internet.
- Ten Trust Sites for New Teachers
Take care of your rhomboids.
- Do rhomboid-strengthening exercises or yoga.
- https://www.weekand.com/healthy-living/article/strengthening-shoulder-blades-desk-18070943.php
- https://www.besthealthmag.ca/list/8-stretches-you-can-do-at-your-desk/
There are epic highs and exhausting lows. May these tips ease an unavoidable learning curve.
Reference
Varlas, L. (2016, December). Ten survival tips from a student teacher. Education Update: ASCD: 58 (12), 2 & 7. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/dec16/vol58/num12/TenSurvival-Tips-from-a-Student-Teacher.aspx