Keep a teaching Journal

• Sample

Make a Successful Start!

• Ready, Set, Go!  Getting Ready for that First Day

• Avoiding First Day Jitters

• Getting to Know Your Students

• Classroom Management and Discipline Tips

• "The D Word -- Discipline"   National Education Association

• Discipline by Design (We are not endorsing this commercial program, but you may find some of this information useful.)

• Schoolwide and Classroom Discipline -- A Research Synthesis -- Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

• Student Motivation and Management Concerns--Dr. John Phillips

• Noncompetitive Games to Build Community

Build a Support Team!

• Working with your Mentor

• Suggestions for Receiving Constructive Feedback

Working with Parents

• Advice Matched to Grade Level

• Evidence Linking Parent Involvement with Student Achievement

  • Key Findings

  • Entire Report

• A Different Approach -- A middle school teacher's story

• Resources

  • UNT Center for Parent Education

  • National PTA

  • National Coalition of Parent Involvement in Education

  • National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools

Fill Your Teaching Tool Box!

• Teacher Tools:  A set of resources for all content areas

• Tips for teachers (Inspiringteachers.com)

• Grading Tips

• Time Management, Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon University

Be a Professional!

• Join at least one professional organization

• Texas Code of Ethics for Educators

Other Links for Beginning Teachers

• A New Teacher's Survival Guide    
• Awesome Library    
• Beginning Teacher's Toolbox
• Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Clearinghouse
• Education World
• National Association of Beginning Teachers
• Survival Guide for New Teachers--U.S. Department of Education
• TeachersFirst.com
• Teachers.net