Pass Ed.'s Living Textbook
Free Lesson Plans for Teachers
- Secretaries are often know more about what is going on than anybody else. Become friends
with them.
- Remember that the library and multi-media staff often have the keys to best resources.
Become friends with them and they’ll help you when you need it.
- Remember you’ll likely get sick in the beginning of the school year. If you talk a lot more
during the school year, you’ll likely lose your voice. Have a favorite substitute teacher in
mind.
- Remember the teacher next door was once new too. Don’t be afraid to ask for advice.
- Get used to dust. You’ll likely see a lot of it when you take the books out of storage.
- Don’t trust that anything you’ll need will work the first time. The DVD player might
break/the outlet might not work/the computers might be off line. Always have a backup
plan.
- Have lesson plans ready for a day, a week, or a month before you start the school year.
Don’t be afraid to use online resources to help with lesson planning.
- Your students want to know what’s going on!! Put an agenda on the board before they
arrive in class!!
- Always have an activity up on an overhead/computer monitor for students who arrive early.
This will give you time to take care of whatever comes up!!
- Remember, it’s important for your students to get along with one another and enjoy each
other’s company. Plan an icebreaker for the first day!!
- Keep records from the first day!! Make sure your grading system complies with school
policies!! Students should know what you expect!!
- Can students go to the restroom during class? If so, create efficient system so they don’t
interrupt learning.
- What if students miss work – because they are sick? Because they didn’t do it? Can they
make it up? How quickly? Will anything be taken off?
- Be flexible!! Something will come up!!!
- Dress the part!! Students will judge a book by its cover and a teacher by his/her clothes!!
- If you are confident that students will succeed they are more likely to succeed. Be
Confident!!
- Sometimes the best teachers do the least in class!!
- It’s easier to start tough then become tough after weeks have gone by!!
- Know your students!! Know their names, their favorite activities, as much as possible!!
- Care about your students and they’ll care about your class!!
- Treat your students respectfully and they’ll want to be respectful!!
- You are their teacher, not their friend!!
- HAVE FUN – TEACHING IS THE GREATEST JOB IN THE WORLD!!
