As you know, I have been encouraging new teachers and soon-to-be teachers to take the Amazing Teacher Pledge – a set of 10 promises that I believe all amazing teachers make. Here is the third promise of the Amazing Teacher Pledge. I promise to communicate with parents. Amazing teachers have some kind of communication mechanism […]
Hello again, I recently had a conversation with a good friend of mine who was beginning her first year as a teacher. Her name is Isabel. I know when she told me she got the job, she was so happy. She was nervous and even a little afraid, but excited about beginning her career as a […]
As a new teacher, you are going to be under a microscope as you demonstrate your abilities to your administrators who are evaluating you. This is just part of the job, any job really. Those first years, you have to prove to your principal that hiring you was a good idea. As I’ve told teachers […]
I know what you’re saying. “Really Sam? There is an art to sub plans?” There is. Really. I hated having a sub, because it took more time to prepare a sub plan than if I was going to teach. That’s probably why I was seldom out of the classroom. I learned early on in my […]