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Title: Helpful Hints for Beginning Teachers


1
Helpful Hints for Beginning Teachers
  • Bill Walker
  • Director, School of Science K-12 Outreach
  • Mathematics Outreach Coordinator
  • http//www.science.purdue.edu/outreach
  • http//www.math.purdue.edu/outreach
  • wswalker_at_purdue.edu

2
Student Teaching
  • Get involved
  • Faculty meetings
  • Student activities
  • School accreditation or other committees
  • Meet as many people as possible
  • Department heads
  • Principals and Administrators
  • It is not what you know, but who you know
  • You are interviewing for your next job

3
Student Teaching
  • Put in the extra effort
  • Ask everyone questions
  • What do you like?
  • What do you hate?
  • Listen, share ideas, and take experienced
    teachers advice
  • Share with other student teachers

4
Interviewing
  • Research the interview
  • Have good questions prepared
  • Ask about
  • Benefits
  • Relationship between administration and teacher
    association
  • Job security

5
Interviewing
  • Ask for and read the teacher contract
  • West Lafayette vs. Benton Central
  • Teacher interviews on campus
  • There is significant turnover in secondary
    education
  • Consider teaching Middle School
  • Keep alert in August

6
First Year Teaching
  • Join your local teacher association
  • Be aware of your rights and procedures for
    teachers
  • Become best friends with the secretaries,
    maintenance, and technology staff
  • Attend workshops and professional development
    opportunities

7
First Year Teaching
  • Have a plan for learning in your classroom and
    develop a discipline plan around it
  • How will students learn
  • Teach in a way that is comfortable for you
  • 90 of your time on 10 of your students
  • Follow through on rules and consequences
  • If you do not intend to support a rule, throw it
    out
  • Follow all school-wide rules, even if you do not
    agree

8
First Year Teaching
  • Relationship with students
  • I teach, you learn, any questions
  • Be consistent
  • Making deals and giving breaks does not help
    students learn responsibility
  • Understand the needs of your students, but know
    that every student has an excuse
  • I want students to like being in my class (bad
    idea)
  • Dont smile until February

9
First Year Teaching
  • Relationships with experienced teachers
  • Listen
  • Share
  • Try new ideas
  • Ask advice
  • Dont be a know-it-all
  • Some days will not go well, there is always
    tomorrow

10
Coaching
  • Do not coach for the money
  • You are a teacher, not a coach
  • Always take care of your classroom first

11
Politics
  • Pay attention to state and federal politics
  • NCLB
  • PL 221
  • School Accreditation
  • Teacher Accreditation
  • Be involved in your local teacher association and
    ISTA
  • Go to the state government building to lobby
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