Teacher Survival Skills

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Teacher Survival Skills As a teacher, maintaining organization is a key to day to day activity. I’ll address a few ways to stay organized. Personally I would mentally prepare myself weeks ahead of time, simply because I’d be so excited to meet all my new students. For the first week I’d make a list of the important paperwork that students need to take home and return to me by the end of that week. By setting deadlines in advance, it’ll keep the students, on task as well as me as the teacher. So the list would consist of paperwork to be returned, and any other homework that was given the first week of school. I’d also stay organized with my lesson plans being made the day or even night before, which will save a lot of time and in case of an emergency and a sub has to fill in my students wouldn’t fall behind. Our classroom would stick with a set procedure. Everyone comes in the morning takes their seats and begins the morning assignment which they will routinely find on the board or a worksheet already placed on their desk. On the first day we’d play a game to get them all familiar with three main rules of the classroom; these rules consist of always using the buddy system, using inside voices, and follow rules the first time they are given to them. In addition to being organized, teachers have to also maintain effective classroom management. In order to manage your classroom your kids have to know when the time is right to play and when it’s time to focus on the necessary work. You as the teacher will have to know when to lay down all the rules in order for them to know when you’re ready to get back on the right track. One way would be to establish a routine. For instance the students should know when they walk into the classroom they should know where their seats are, to come in open their books and that they have a certain amount of time to complete it all. Also
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