My First Day As A Teacher

Once I got in and found my first class, I was not as nervous as I had been all morning. In fact, I started to get pretty excited. The classroom started filling up with people I had never seen before and I was pretty intimidated, but I was also ready to make new friends. My teacher came in about 20 minutes after I had made it to school and he introduced himself and told us about all the things we would cover throughout the year. By the time he was finished with his speech, all of my worries for the year had disappeared.

The twenty-five stories that are contained in the book, My First Year As A Teacher, are about real teachers and their experiences during the first year of teaching. Each story is different. Some are about memorable students while other stories are about some of the hardships that are encountered as a novice teacher. The diverse sampling of stories in this book gives insight of what kind of problems one might encounter as a teacher, yet they also describe how rewarding the profession can be. I found it rather difficult to choose only ten stories as my favorite but after much consideration and rereading I decided on the following stories because in many ways I could relate to the students as well as the teachers that are given life in these stories.

Even though a teacher does have a higher education status than the lot of us, reasons like that doesn’t mean they have the best teaching system; they go by the board and what they believe we all must work on based on the scores and the work of others. As a matter of fact, some begin to wonder, could the question be is the speed of the teacher's lesson be too fast for others? One assignment one day, another one the next then a test at the end of the week; talking about the lesson for a short period of time, then handing out a worksheet doesn’t allow the information settle in the student's mind enough to understand even a small majority of the lesson, as they leave to another class to be filled with new information that takes over. Whereas, even though tutoring is such a thing; some don’t have the ability to be available after school hours, possibly because of a job, or a family matter’ some teachers come to forget that student also has a life beyond school that might be a tad bit of stress to lay on top of the rest that school hand to us. Nevertheless, it seems as though some teachers should try and see that even though one feels confident in their ability to try the assignment, others may doubt themselves and what they know, leading up to them relying on the answers of others to get them the

My first experience as a teacher was very exciting and a bit challenging. I spent four weeks in a child protection agency, observing, teaching lessons, and working small group of pupils. This has given me a valuable insight into a many important issues related to teaching. I have learned a lot about myself. The student teaching experience allowed me to put everything that I have learned about education into action. During my student teaching, my supervisor guided me along and helped me the kind of teacher that I want to be.

The role of the teacher is an important part of the education world. What the teacher does can both positively and negatively impact a student. I believe a classroom should be a mixture of these philosophies. By this I mean, a teacher should create the lessons but by using their knowledge and experiences help guide the students to learn what is best for them. I base these assumptions on what our

On my first day at Discovery school, I noticed that during free play there were some kids who played by themselves, though they seemed to want to play with the other but were hesitant when they tried to enter the groups. This indicates to me these two children have difficulty with group play. Other than that the rest of the children seemed to enjoy playing together but didn‘t want to accept other children in their play once groups were formed. A lot of the children seemed to be interested in building and manipulating objects, for example, some were building with large blocks and others were making things, like flowers, and a bubble wand, out of connecting toys. For the majority of the time, though they were interested in me and wanted me to join them in their play.

It was terrifying at first, but after that I started to ask the teacher questions, and to be proud of myself when I got a new principle, no matter how long it took me, or how many times I had to have examples worked on the board. I still felt the old frustration and insecurity often, it was built up over years of my life, but I reinforced my commitment to learning every time my patience with myself resulted in deeper understanding, and especially every time I could help someone else.

In beginning my student teaching experience, I was nervous to be teaching LBD Resource at the high school level. My previous high school placement was in a moderate classroom, so I had no idea what I was walking into. I was also nervous because my teacher and I had discussed at my orientation, me beginning to teach on my second day. However, this ended up being a positive experience because I was able to get to know the kids and begin to understand their learning styles within the first few days.

Studies reveal that the negative effects of wrong beliefs about learning are significant (Sawir 2005). However, it has also been suggested that it is possible to intervene in relation to beliefs about learning (Sawir 2005). Hence a clear understanding of belief issues is of paramount importance for teachers. Care should be taken to give speaking and listening skills the appropriate status and these should be backed by comprehensive practical programs (Sawir 2005).

As a newly graduated teacher, I was beyond grateful when I received that phone call asking if I would like to accept the position as a Hubbard Middle School sixth grade English Language Arts and Reading teacher. After accepting the position, I spent weeks planning for those bright faces to walk into my classroom door and for my world to be forever changed. How would I manage their behavior? Would I allow them to go to the restroom during class? Throughout the summer, leading up to the first day that I would go from a student to a teacher and be in charge of one hundred budding minds and personalities, I lined out everything I needed to have a successful first week. Supplies were sorted into bins, lesson plans were submitted, and copies of get-to-know-you games were made.

As a teacher, you have to be ready for any situation that can transpire in the classroom. There were a lot of things that Miss Meah shared with our class about classroom management and adapting to different situations that made me go, “Oonga no.”, “I should be ready for when this happens in my future class.”, “I can totally apply this in my future classroom or to my future students”, and “I should remember this!”. So, that really made me realize that in a classroom full of kids, anything can happen and that as a teacher, I have to be prepared for anything, or at least, be smart and alert enough to evaluate the situation and act

Teachers may have various beliefs toward learning and teaching. teachers’ beliefs regarding learning originates from three sources: . Variations in teaching beliefs result from the assumption that teaching is completely a personal activity.

At the beginning of the semester, I remember worrying about how I was going to be able to teach a group of children without messing up. Public speaking has always been one of my fears; I never liked the idea of standing up in front of a group of people and presenting my work and thoughts. It was never pleasant and I always just wanted to get it done and over with. The night before I taught the children for the first time, I experienced this same fear of public speaking. Sure they were only children, but nonetheless I had to get up in front of a classroom and speak. The biggest challenge about the class was not knowing what to expect, especially the night before the first day I had to teach. It was tough falling asleep that night; all I could think about was the fact that I had to wear a Cat in the Hat costume and teach these children. It was certainly out of my comfort zone. When the morning finally came, I just wanted it to be 10:00 am so I could just get my teaching done and over with. But that was my problem right there. I always wanted to just “get things done and over with”. I needed to learn to make the best of the situation and enjoy what I was doing. Sure enough, 10:00 came and I started off with music with the butterflies. I was nervous but definitely not as nervous as when I had to go and change into my Dr. Suess costume. I learned a lot that day. I learned how important it is to manage my time better while I’m teaching and I learned to have everything set up

Upon reflection I realize teaching is not as easy as I have always assumed it would be. Lesson plans need to be meticulously planned and over planned. My first day of teaching I had not planned enough and my

The first experience I had with teaching was a nervous one. Although I only had three students, it seemed as if I was standing in front of a group of eighty about to present a