I remember my very first day teaching when my students walked into my classroom and I thought to myself…
“Wait…what am I supposed to DO on the first day of school?”
And the questions just kept coming…
“What do I do at Open House and what should I send home?”
“What do I do on the morning of a Field Trip and what do I need to take with me?”
“What do I do if I think my student is faking an allergy??”
The problem was…who do I ASK these questions to?
They didn’t teach me this stuff in college,
They didn’t talk about it at professional development,
I had already popped into my principal’s office 573 times before the first day of school…
What’s a new teacher to do??
After I survived those first new-ish teacher years…
I realized that other new teachers had the same questions.
My student teachers had the same questions.
A decade in, I started working as a New Teacher Mentor and guess what? SAME QUESTIONS.
That’s when I realized - the questions AND the problem hadn’t changed:
Who do new teachers ASK these questions to?
Colleges, PD, and principals are great for content instruction, but it’s hard to find support with all of the “other” stuff in teaching:
Field Trips. Parent Teacher Conferences. Classroom Libraries. Book Lists. First Day of School. Last Day of School. Everything else in between…
What’s a new teacher to do?
That’s where Teacher Questions started.
It’s a space on the internet for new-ish teachers to ask questions, read answers, and enjoy a few stories along the way. Here are a few places to start…
Answers to questions from my teaching career and teachers just like you.
Resources to help support all of the “other” parts of teaching.
Coming soon! Let me help you move from overwhelmed to informed.
