With less than two weeks before school starts, I'm both excited and nervous to begin my first teaching job. I will have three sections to prepare every day and that seems somewhat daunting but I know I can do it! My day will consist of teaching seventh grade World Geography, eighth grade U.S. History and a Literacy Intervention class.
Even though nerves are high, I'm blessed and fortunate to be teaching at the same school where I student-taught last year, giving me an advantage that I'm sure will prove extremely beneficial. I may even have some of the same students as last year...I hope they will be as excited about that as I am!
I've already had numerous conversations with my former WSU classmates and will even be working with one of them. How lucky I am to have such a great support group to share ideas, resources, and even the emotions that we, as first year teachers, will undoubtedly experience!
Looking forward to a great first year teaching experience!
So glad you're still posting on your blog, Nancy! I know you're going to have an amazing first year!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Katie! After only three days of teaching, I'm exhausted. Everything is going very well so far. Most of my classes are pretty small surprisingly. I only have one large class of 8th graders who can be somewhat challenging but they have done very well. I have conferenced with a few of them and may have to meet with a few more individually. It is difficult to keep up with everything and still try to plan for all the things I want to incorporate but I am giving myself time to adjust and time to get to know my students before I start thinking "out of the box". I plan to update my blog as often as possible and will be at the WSU student teaching seminar in November to talk about my experiences. Hope to see you then!
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