New Teacher Tips

New Teacher Tips

How to Navigate Teaching in an Instagram World

#realteachertalk teacher friends. In a world where filtered, perfect images of teachers in perfectly organized classroom seems to be the norm, being a good teacher can feel impossible. Even though we all “know” that those perfect pictures are well cropped and well staged, teaching today, especially as a new teacher, can be super overwhelming. Here are some of my favorite…

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New Teacher Tips

How to Nail Your Next Classroom Observation

Whether you’re a new teacher who just finished up student teaching, or a veteran teacher with many years under your belt, there’s one thing that likely sends you into a state of stress: teacher observations. Teaching is such a unique job. A million different things happen in your classroom each day, and it can be hard to show all of…

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Classroom Management, New Teacher Tips

How to Get the Most Out of Student Teaching (And 4 Things to Avoid)

Student teaching: you’ve taken a fair amount of education classes, and now it’s time to jump in and give it a try. The beauty of student teaching is that you are given a guide, a cooperating teacher, and it’s typically a gradual release model. However, student teaching is a short and important opportunity to get your feet wet as a…

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