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, January 20, 2014
New Teacher advice
It is really hard to just give one piece of advice. I have heard all the "don't smile", "don't joke around" advice too. That is not me. I want to know who each student is, what they think, how they think, and know them as a person not just a name on the roll. The school I am at most of the kids need more than to just learn the curriculum and standard of my class. I am always saddened to learn that so many of these kids have nobody to listen to them, or care about their daily lives. The advice I would give is get ready to be more than a teacher. Sometimes it gets hard to be a teacher, mentor, advisor, counselor, and yes even a friend. I know your not supposed to be friends with your students, but when you spend 3 or 4 semesters with these kids they know the "real you" and you know them. You see them everyday, you spend time working in the shop with them, working one on one and hopefully listening to them. Even the ones that are "hard" and act like they don't care still need attention and I'm just going to say it LOVE. My advice listen, love, and teach them everything you can, curriculum and beyond.
The advice you are giving is great and I agree with all of it. The only thing is I’m not as big as you are. What I mean by that is, you come across very intimidating. It looks like you might work out a lot and I’m a pretty average person (at least that’s what I tell myself to make me feel better). I’m sure the students listen to what you have to say and do whatever you tell them. With me, I have to act serious and not joke or smile until after Christmas break. A lot of my students are taller than I am and because of that reason they think can try to run things in my class. So I have to act hard as they say. I’ll show them love later.
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