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- Twelve rules for arranging your classroom
- In The First Year, page 1.1
- You'll want to set up your classroom as quickly as possible, but consider these factors before you start.
- 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.
- Communicating with parents at the beginning of the year
- In The First Year, page 1.3
- Start communicating with parents at the beginning of the year, to establish a relationship before you have anything negative to say.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- 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.
- 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.
- Connecting with colleagues: No tricks, all treat!
- In The First Year, page 2.4
- You're busy, but making time for conversation with colleagues will pay off in the long run.
- Format: article
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- It’s November. Do you know where your energy is?
- In The First Year, page 2.6
- How to sustain your energy as the year wears on.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- 'Tis the season...for observations
- In The First Year, page 2.8
- When you're facing an observation, keep your focus on your students, and think of it as an opportunity to work with administrators and gain a new perspective on your teaching.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Three weeks and counting: What winter break might really mean
- In The First Year, page 2.9
- Your students might not be looking forward to a break in their routine as much as you think.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- 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.
- And you thought it had been a long time since someone thanked you
- In The First Year, page 4.3
- Take time to show your appreciation for secretaries, custodians, and other support staff in your school.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Welcome back!
- In The First Year, page 3.1
- Many of my friends are in professions other than teaching, and one January evening I listened as one of those friends described how much he loved the first day back at work after the winter holidays. He detailed that day, depicting a slow morning devoted to...
- 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.
- Valentine's Day: Love it? Or love it not?
- In The First Year, page 3.5
- Don't let holidays overwhelm the focus on learning.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Finding an emotional outlet you can get into
- In The First Year, page 3.8
- If you don't take care of yourself and respect your own needs, you can't meet your students' needs, either.
- 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.
- If he's in danger of failing, at least three people need to know it
- In The First Year, page 4.1
- Get in touch with parents to prevent students' failure, not just to report on it.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Foreword
- Developing online resources for beginning teachers is not easy. What new teachers need most of all is a mentor — an experienced, thoughtful, successful teacher who can take the time to guide them through their first year. They need someone to steer them...
- By David Walbert.
- I know who they are, but who am I?
- In The First Year, page 3.10
- In your efforts to build relationships with your students, be sure to maintain your status as their teacher.
- 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.
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