When the first day of school comes, will you be ready?
I have a 'first day' every week in my job. With every new school I visit, I have to create that image of who I am to my students (and their teachers!) so that they will trust me and be willing to learn from me for the next four days. I have minutes to gain their respect and control over the classroom if I want my five hours with them to be worthwhile for any of us. I take to heart a lot of what's written here: Teaching Secrets: Take Charge of Your Classroom. It's been my perspective for awhile now that I'm not there to be the students' friend, but to be their leader, a good role model, and mostly, to have them leave and say "I respect her and what she tried to teach me."
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