Advice For New Teachers

The best advice that I can give to a new teacher is find one person in your county that teaches your subject and ask that person to become your mentor. A new teacher, especially a Career Tech. teacher, needs someone to help them. You know how we talked about unwritten rules, well each county has unwritten rules. I have the most wonderful mentor in my system. She teaches Healthcare Science in another school in the county. During my first year, she was wonderful. My first experience with her was that she allowed me to come to her class and observe. This in itself was such a tremendous help. I was with her the whole day and I learned so much from just watching her. She gave me her cell number and told me to call her anytime. Last year I called her so much I know she got sick of me. She was always there and ready to help in any way. I remember last year that I would run out of ideas and I would call her. Right away she could come up with something for me to do with my classes. This year I have noticed that I do not call her as much as I did last year so I guess that means that I have learned a lot from her and of course NTI. It is comforting to know that I can call her at any time and she will answer any questions that I have. I really don't think that I would have made it throught that first year without her support and expertise.