I've searched and haven't found anything on this topic but need help!
I'm a first year teacher and am EXTREMELY nervous. I'm 22, just graduated college, and will be teaching high school Spanish starting on Wednesday. I've met with my mentor, attempted my lesson plans, have tons of materials... but it's the inexperience and just plain new-ness that's killing me. It's overall anxiety. The students, planning, paperwork, legal aspects of the job, schedules, duties, classroom supplies, behavior, just EVERYTHING. I keep thinking I should have picked another job, but what else could I have done with English & Spanish than teach? My heart is in it, but my head is going berserk-o with nerves
I'm not looking for advice. I get advice from everyone and their mom about teaching. I want to hear your first year experience, how you felt, what your first day/weeks were like. I hear advice from experienced teachers on things that I can only develop in time from my own experience, like behavior management or what games that work. I want to hear what it was like BEFORE you had that experience and were just as scared as I am. I want to hear HOW you survived, and that you DID survive!
Last thing - any other women out there who "look young"? If I hear it one more time "OH. YOU'RE a new teacher here? I thought you were a student." "Hmpf. <<Looks me up and down>> Well, good luck." "What, did you graduate like 2 days ago?" . The rudeness! Way to be outwardly critical and judge a book by its cover, just because of how I look! So what?!?
Thank you for any stories! I want to hear!
I'm a first year teacher and am EXTREMELY nervous. I'm 22, just graduated college, and will be teaching high school Spanish starting on Wednesday. I've met with my mentor, attempted my lesson plans, have tons of materials... but it's the inexperience and just plain new-ness that's killing me. It's overall anxiety. The students, planning, paperwork, legal aspects of the job, schedules, duties, classroom supplies, behavior, just EVERYTHING. I keep thinking I should have picked another job, but what else could I have done with English & Spanish than teach? My heart is in it, but my head is going berserk-o with nerves
I'm not looking for advice. I get advice from everyone and their mom about teaching. I want to hear your first year experience, how you felt, what your first day/weeks were like. I hear advice from experienced teachers on things that I can only develop in time from my own experience, like behavior management or what games that work. I want to hear what it was like BEFORE you had that experience and were just as scared as I am. I want to hear HOW you survived, and that you DID survive!
Last thing - any other women out there who "look young"? If I hear it one more time "OH. YOU'RE a new teacher here? I thought you were a student." "Hmpf. <<Looks me up and down>> Well, good luck." "What, did you graduate like 2 days ago?" . The rudeness! Way to be outwardly critical and judge a book by its cover, just because of how I look! So what?!?
Thank you for any stories! I want to hear!