You are listening to jazz -- Your first day at work is great. Your fellow teachers are wonderful, your classroom is cute, you love your students, and your principal is the best!

Phase 1

You are listening to pop music -- After a while you are so busy that you are not sure if you're coming or going anymore.

 Phase 2

 

You are listening to heavy metal -- This is what you feel like after ONE month.

Phase 3

You are listening to hip hop -- You become bloated due to stress, you're gaining weight due to lack of exercise because you are so tired and have so much school work to do when you get home, you feel sluggish and suffer from constipation. Your fellow teachers are too cheerful for your liking and the walls of your classroom are closing in. You have started thinking 'WHATEVER' about your principal.

 Phase 4

You are listening to GANGSTA RAP -- After more time passes, your eyes start to twitch, you forget what a 'good hair day' feels like as you just fall out of bed and load up on caffeine.

Phase 5

You are listening to the voices in your head -- You have lock your classroom door to keep people out, You wonder WHY you are even here in the first place and WHY did I become a teacher!   

 Phase 6

Under Stressing Your Teaching

Too Many Hats

Class Preparati

on

Getting Ready for

a Substitut

eMeetings Grading

Other Responsibiliti

es

FCCLA

Family

Organization Trays 3 Ring Binders Plastic Crates and Totes Computer Students taking responsibility Routines

Basic Survival Kit

Trays for everything For Students to hand in work A place for corrected work A place for extra sheets for absent students No name bin

Organization

Trays by my desk Folders on my desk Hanging folders Place to keep all General forms

Leave slips Requisitions Blue sheets Etc.

Organization

Webpage Post lesson plans Have links to the assignments Students can find out what they missed or will

miss

Organization

Copying for all classes at one time Plastic totes

Keep projects One Tote per project

Locker and bathroom passes Have students help in the clean up Have students run errands Put responsibility on the students

Organization

Supplies in one spot Bonus points for bringing in supplies Use color paper and folders Lots of 3 ring binders

More Organization

Grading Campus

Seating charts Progress reports Weekly eligibility Parent Teacher Conferences IEP and 504 Meetings Students can keep track of grades

Computer

Type and store all handouts Use folders and sub folders on H drive Taking Tests and Quizzes

Socrates Blackboard Learn Wiki space

Email

Computer

Pinterest Use to find ideas Use to save

Organize with boards

Computer

Paint the Walls Use Pictures Post notes to individual Important Information White Board Post signs for upcoming events

Bulletin Boards

Shelves or folders for STAR events Copy all STAR event rules in multiple copies Sign up Sheets Important information notices Officers

Delegate Responsibility File for each officer

FCCLA

Page on website Group texting Facebook or other social media Texting

FCCLA

Bell Ringers

Other Tips

Build A Good Working Relationship With Students

Checklists & Rubrics

Projects

Stick to the Rules

Note Pads Post It Notes Lists Routines Substitute Binder Teachers aide

Other Tips

Clean Organize Copy Cover

End of the Year