This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Using NTI so far...
The NTI has helped me tremendously so far. The first day of school went by easier than I imagined it would. I used the "First Day of School" tab to prepare. The next major help from the summer course was the Sub Emergency plans I used the last minute to attend a funeral in Birmingham that day. The other teachers in my department were asking if I felt like giving up yet? I really felt prepared though. My Daily lesson plans have not been much use though. I feel like I rushed through them to complete them and have since thought of better ways to teach than the time allotted in the summer course. Being a fir4st year teacher, I have found that taking the NTI before teaching was a godsend.
Well Hello Dustin,
ReplyDeleteThis is my 1st year and one month of teaching and I can tell you that it gets slighlty better. I'm not as tired as I was last year; however the NTI summer "bootcamp" session has been helpful, and yes even those darn lesson plans. (well some what) My only advice as a "rookie" ( I love my Law and Justice terminology)is to do what you can and don't worry about the rest. It will come to you and eventually you'll be passing on advice to the next new "rookie".