Today is our first day to teach. Luckily, it's not for high school students or judges, it's for our peers. However, as I was preparing I realized first that there are not many things I'm an expert on. Second, it's hard to get those things I do know out in a way people I understand. I attempted to do a quick runthrough with my husband, who quickly told me none of it made sense (just to let me know). I've pitched advertising campaigns and given lots of talks, but for some reason, teaching is different. You want the people to not only get excited, but really understand what you're teaching and as the teacher figure out how to do that most effectively.
We've been reading in the "First Days of School" book and that has been really interesting. Seems like every teacher in America claims these methods as their key to success. The real key must be to remember them, so I'll write some notes about them here:
- Plan and use a script at least for the first day you teach. Kids know when you're winging it.
- Positive expectations (Case with "special" students and "special" teachers.
- Extremely good classroom management
- District Induction Classes? If so - do it!
- Ineffective teachers look for busywork.
- Effective teacher steal from the best and learn from the rest.
- Coming to school is a celebration! The feeling should be one of invitation.
- Learn names! Pronounce them correctly.
- Kindness begins with the word "please".
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