| Are you already underway with preparations for your | | | | available at Barnes and Nobles but planners vary from |
| new teaching job? New teacher support begins with a | | | | market to market and you may just find something |
| few teacher friendly resources for beginning the | | | | much easier and friendlier to use. This particular planner |
| school year. | | | | contains easy to find pages on classroom organization |
| The cheapest and most resourceful place to start | | | | including classroom seating plans, and charts. |
| your search is by going to the teacher resources or | | | | Another good place for a beginning teacher to start |
| teacher aides section of any nearby bookstore. Most | | | | collecting various ideas for lesson plans and classroom |
| of these books have their main website and you can | | | | management ideas is by visiting various online teacher |
| simply download materials for free. | | | | forums and websites. Teaching A-Z is one of them. |
| You don't necessarily need to start off your teaching | | | | there are many fine websites on the web, many of |
| career with numerous book titles. Just skim and scan | | | | them designed for the new teacher in mind. |
| through a few. In the beginning, the number of books | | | | If your school has a teacher resource center, it |
| can be terribly overwheming. The problem with buying | | | | probably a good idea to go through any lesson plan |
| books on lesson plans and especially with classroom | | | | ideas before actually buying anything. You'd be |
| management ideas is that new teachers think they are | | | | surprised at how old ideas still pass the test of time |
| the magical solution for motivating students or dealing | | | | that can be adapted for some of your classes. If you |
| solving discipline problems. But they need to be tested | | | | have been assigned a mentor, you could ask him or |
| and tried from start to finish. Most importantly, they | | | | her about supplementary resource materials that she |
| should be regarding as supplementary materials as | | | | knows of in the school including the library or a learning |
| you find the classroom management style and work | | | | center with teaching materials. |
| out your own formula for classroom rules and | | | | School librarians also may have a online or offline list |
| procedures. | | | | on file of new teacher resources that you have |
| Another good place to start is by visiting the office of | | | | inquired previously. |
| your local board of education. They can point you in | | | | For the new ESL teacher, this site has a wealth of |
| the right direction with regarding to supplementary | | | | reading activities and short reading texts. |
| classroom resources for new teachers and additional | | | | Do you have any additional ideas on how to help a |
| websites for new teachers. | | | | new teacher start collecting additional classroom |
| A highly recommended classroom tested planner is | | | | resource materials without spending lots of money? |