Kristi Johnson Smith
Kristi Johnson Smith was a 2005–06 LEARN Fellow working in the area of new teacher support. Kristi taught high school world history and grade eight North Carolina history from 1998 to 2005 in Texas, Massachusetts, and North Carolina, most recently at Southern High School in Durham. Currently a Ph.D. student in Curriculum and Instruction in the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education, she holds a B.A. in history from Princeton and a Ed.M. in Teaching and Curriculum from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Resources created by Kristi Johnson Smith
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- Listening while you work: Using informal assessments to inform your instruction
- In The First Year, page 2.2
- Ongoing classroom assessment can be informal, but it provides invaluable information about what students are actually learning.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Locker log
- For teachers with homerooms, a log for keeping track of student locker numbers and combinations.
- Format: document
- Making connections between concepts
- In The First Year, page 2.3
- To help students connect what they're learning, make your expectations clear and ask them what they understand and what isn't working.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- March Madness and relationship-building
- In The First Year, page 3.9
- Taking time away from instruction to build relationships with your students can pay off in the long run.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Mentor's guide
- My first words to any veterans, mentors and administrators reading this section should be “thank you.” The support and counsel you offer new teachers is invaluable. It is my hope that The First Year will assist you...
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Multipurpose log
- Can be used to keep track of both student discipline and parent contacts.
- Format: document
- New beginnings
- In The First Year, page 2.11
- Treat January as an opportunity to start fresh, in your relationships with students and colleagues and in your classroom management and instruction.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Our students: Not just ours, and not just students
- In The First Year, page 3.7
- Often, your difficulties with students will have nothing to do with your actions, your classroom management, or your school.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Parent contact log
- Helps you keep track of which parents you have spoken with, when, and the topics of the conversation.
- Format: document
- Picture this
- In The First Year, page 4.5
- I have one picture of my students that I absolutely love. In the background of the photo, you can see the west wall of our classroom. That wall was covered in positive messages I had posted throughout the year, all intended to help students stay focused and...
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Sample rubric for student binders
- Title: Binder Rubric — Exam 1 Name: Binder Section: Exams Subject: ...
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Sample rubric for student binders
- A rubric for grading (or awarding bonus points for) students' organization.
- Format: document
- Sample welcome letter and syllabus
- Dear Parent or Guardian, I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself and express my excitement about working with your child this semester [or year]. I love teaching [insert subject] because I care deeply about each of my students....
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Snow days
- In The First Year, page 3.2
- Don't make assumptions about school policies, and remember that not all “rules” are written down.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Student feedback form
- This template represents a revised version of a template I received while in graduate school. The original version was distributed to my classmates and to me by a group of advisors at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Note...
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Student Feedback Survey
- A survey form that gives students the opportunity to offer feedback on your teaching. May be used as a template.
- Format: document
- Substitute teacher planning form
- Includes daily schedule, lesson plan, student seating chart, class roster, and feedback form.
- Format: document
- A successful day? Engaging your students may not be enough
- In The First Year, page 2.1
- To ensure that you meet your objectives, plan backwards from what you want students to learn.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Templates to help you with paperwork
- In The First Year, page 1.2
- Templates for a parent contact log, discipline log, multipurpose log, sub plan, in-school-suspension plan, IEP notebook, grade book, and locker log.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Textbook Signout Sheet
- A form for keeping track of textbooks lent to students.
- Format: document
