Don't Be Afraid to Ask for Help!

Imagine that a new CTE teacher has taken over the program across the hall from you. This teacher came straight out of his/her occupation into teaching and won't be able to begin NTI until the summer. What is one piece of advice (just one) that you would give this person to survive the semester? Why would you choose this piece of advice? Advice I would give a new teacher across the hall is to stay strong and not be afraid to reach out to their colleagues for even the smallest amount of information. I joined a group that had 3 other CTAE teachers and they were very helpful to me. They assisted with lesson plans all the way to making copies. My transition to teaching high school was a bit of a culture shock because although I had taught college courses, high school students are a completely different set of rules. If the new teacher has as many outside of work responsibilities as me I would definitely advise them on a few different time management tactics that I've developed since becoming a CTAE teacher. K-12 instruction includes a lot more paperwork so setting a particular planning period on a specific day to complete it all is helpful. They won't have a pool of lesson plans to pull from so completing 2 weeks at a time would really help them. And definitely add important dates to a wall calendar and cellphone with reminders. Being "new" anywhere can add extra amount of stress to a situation so asking for help can smooth the transition.

Not enough time in a day

One step forward, and several steps backward,
Man! I thought I was getting ahead in school work. I got all of my assignment graded now I need to enter them in the computer. I have a parent conference 3:45 it goes until 5:00. The softball team needs a bus driver to take them to Lost Mtn to play in a tournament. The team lost. The time is 7:30 when I get back to school. Well do I stay and enter grades, or do I go home. What ever happen to when you put in a days work, you get a days pay! are there any more 8 to 5 jobs out there.

Time Management

This week has gone exceptionally well for me. I finally had a week with no interruptions during my planning period.

Although it is not required by my school (to the best of my knowledge) I have been keeping a lesson plan book so that I can plan my classes effectively. This week I added how much time I wanted to spend on each topic/assignment, etc. It seemed to help me since I tend to get off track telling "war stories" to my students.

I have a totally new found respect for the concept of time management!!!!!

Time Management for Teachers

Hi All,

Jamie's post inspired me to research websites that offer helpful advice on time management for teachers. I think all teachers suffer from the stress and anxiety caused by the seemingly overwhelming demands of their jobs. In an effort to look for time management solutions to our profession, I've copied and pasted some links below to a few websites that you may find helpful. Additionally, it might be nice if members of our community of bloggers added some advice and suggestions for time management.

http://www.esl-lounge.com/alex-case-time-management.shtml

http://www.gmpdc.org/handbook/index.php/Time_Management

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/classroom-management/new-teacher/48352.html

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/7+time-management+sanity+savers-a020352051

http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/articles/index.pl?read=1963