Loving these insights, fam - give me more, more, more!!!!!!!
YOU HAVE SUMMONED ME?!!?!
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Umm well hello, I am probably just going to repeat a bunch of stuff other people have said (because tl;dr) but hopefully this is still somewhat helpful!
- Establish your dominance straight away. They’ll test you. I know because I’ve done it! You’ve probably done it, too
First impressions are ridiculously important when you’re a new teacher, because word spreads quickly and eventually gets back to other teachers and your boss. Try and learn the student’s names and see if you can remember them off the bat – just be sure not to be fooled if some try to switch names…
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Don’t use dad jokes. Please. (Unless you want to be that one teacher)
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Your choice; Phoenixx you changed my mind >:-(- Act professionally, but also like you really care. Pay attention to every student and treat them like people, especially in the older year levels. I’ve always hated being talked down to by teachers, and it’s pretty awful to feel like you’re doing something wrong to not gain a teacher’s respect.
- Be conscious of student’s backgrounds. Try not to listen if other teachers are gossiping about particular students; one of the most important things is to give every one of them a fresh slate in a fresh class. Some kids misbehave because they don’t feel like anyone cares if they do well or not. Make them believe in themselves, and take the time to properly listen to what they have to say.
- Seek out preferred methods of learning. Everyone has their own individual style, but there’s typically a style of teaching (group work, textbook, dynamic, individual, etc.) that the majority of the class really gets.
- Let them into your life a bit. Not all the way, just enough to show them you're human. The more your students realise that, the more they’ll come to you and be confident in their own abilities to learn from you. I think a lot of the time students subconsciously see their teachers as a different species. Not like them. Not capable of much emotion. They live at the school. You know. It’d be a good idea to bond with some of the boys over cricket or footy, or get to know some of the girls and their own interests. Remember and ask them about things you heard. And just genuinely care.
I’m sure they’ll love you as much as we do, Brendo. Good luck!!