YOU MADE IT WELCOME TO THE END

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YOU MADE IT!WELCOME TO THE END
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Getting Started

• Ms. Janice Traylor
• Assistant Director
• Office of Field Experiences
• www.kennesaw.edu/education/ofe

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WELCOME

• Dr. Frank Butler
• Interim Dean
• Bagwell College of Education

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• Ive learned that you shouldnt go through
  life with a catchers mitt on both hands you
  need to be able to throw something back.
• Maya Angelou

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Throwing Something Back

• Bagwell College of Education
• Alumni Club
• Anne Marie Fenton, Associate Director
• SOAP
• Lisa Duke, Director
• Alumni Affairs

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• Induction
• And
• Professional Development
• Anne Marie Fenton
• Associate Director
• Center for Service, Outreach Partnerships
• Town Point , Room 4270

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What Can Teacher Organizations Do For You Now ?

• GAE Ms. Gaye Shin
• PAGE Ms. Sonja Jackson

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• Mr. Gordon Pritz
• Associate Superintendent
• Operational Support
• Cobb County School District

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TOP 10 THINGS EVERY FIRST YEAR TEACHER NEEDS TO
KNOW
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Number 10

• Dont plan your Wedding for later than June

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Number 9

• PlanOrganize
• Plan
• OrganizePlan
• BE READY!

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Number 8

• BEGIN TOUGH
• AND
• BE CONSISTENT

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Number 7

• GET INVOLVED!

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Number 6

• BE A LOW MAINTENANCE TEACHER

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Number 5

• Dont
• Be
• Isolated

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Number 4

• Dont Try to Change the School Your First Year

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Number 3

• Find a Balance Between School and a Life
• of Your Own

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Number 2

• Dont
• Gossip!

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Number ONE Thing

• Every First Year Teacher Should Know

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• Your December
• paycheck must last until the end of January!

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Never be afraid to do something new. Remember,
amateurs built the Ark professionals built the
Titanic. Unknown Author
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CERTIFICATIONDont Leave College Without it !

• Kellie Oxford
• Certification Officer
• Bagwell College of Education
• Kennesaw Hall Room 3020
• 770-423-6105
• FAX [phone]

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TeacherResourceActivitiesCenter
Support for Everyone

• Ms. Diana Poore, Director
• Teacher Resource Activities Center
• Kennesaw Hall Room 2007
• 770-423-6420

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AWARDSSpring 2007

• Presented by
• Dr. Nancy Stroud
• Chair of Awards Committee
• with
• Dr. Debra Coffey, Dr. Michael Ross, Ms. Barbara
  Hammond

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REMEMBER

• ALWAYS SAY THANK YOU

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Final Thoughts

• Jim Wright
• Assistant Director
• Office of Field Experiences

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Closing Ideas

• Find a mentor - Learn from that mentor
• Remember your classroom management strategies
• Be a role model you are KSU
• Reflect on your teaching and your life

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Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things you didn't do, than by
the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade
winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover. -Mark Twain