My top 2 tips were also hers:
1. The First Days of School by Harry Wong is an essential read. I still own my copy and I've been teaching for 9 years!
2. Get to know the custodians in your building. They need to be your best friends! Bake them cookies, buy them a soda and snack - whatever to get them on your side!
I still came up with a few others...
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Caroline,
ReplyDeleteYou are so right when you suggest planning for stress relief. Professors really don't prepare student teachers for what it's like the first year of teaching. I thought it would be like my students teaching experience. Oh! My! I couldn't have been more wrong. Great tip!
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Michelle
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