Before school gets back to occupying all of my life and I have some time to breath, I have a few more tips from the book 501 Tips For Teachers. I will share a few tips each day as we're preparing for our first school year with our own teacher desk and a class to call our own.
Classroom Teaching Tips:
117. Be open to visiting teachers from other species. Sometimes a fly on the wall or a colony of ants on the playground can teach lessons more important than the ones you had planned for the day.
120. Send a welcome-back postcard to each student the week before school starts. It's an easy way to get kids "hyped-up" about the new school year.
122. Minimize transition time. Teach students to settle down quickly, to start work promptly, and to wrap up without dawdling. It's a way to lengthen the school day without changing the starting or ending time.
Student Relations:
140. Remember, your classroom may be the only happy place some kids ever have.
156. Think like a child. Act like an adult.
199. You don't have to love every student, but they don't know that. Let it be your secret.
212. As a teacher, you have countless decisions to make every day, but only one standard to apply: what is best for kids.
213. Don't just notice the kids who are in your face all the time. Pay attention to those children huddled on the sidelines as well.
214. If you don't expect students to be perfect, they will never disappoint you.
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