I ENJOY MY TIME WITH YOU!

Hey everyone! It has truly been an exciting 2 1/2 weeks with you. I know, it seems like I've been there forever. I have enjoyed coming into your classrooms and helping where you need me most. As you already know, I am here at Northeast Middle School to help. That is why it is important that you utilize my service as much as possible. I am always available to help as much as I can.

I will update this Blog monthly as part of my communication with you. You can leave messages or comments on the Blog. I check the Blog daily. As you already know, I would like to schedule monthly Best Practice Sessions. The Best Practice Sessions are a chance for you to share what is working for you in your classroom and what you may need more assistance with. As a group of educators we should be able to share ideas and also offer each other help. For the most part, the sessions will always have refreshments! Hope to see you at all the meetings!

Your First Day of School

First of all I want you to relax! Your students will appreciate the fact that you are there, in your right mind and ready to go! Most students coming into the building are nervous their first day, too. Already you have something in common with your students. I always say that the best teacher is a well planned teacher. So have everything that you will need copied, laminated, and layed out. Know your class sizes and make extra copies just in case you have new entries. I have some new activity ideas in lieu of the papers I gave you.

Homeroom Teachers

1. Go over Rules and Regulations of the School

2. Give them their locker numbers and explain usage.

3. Go over the procedures for homeroom. (Example - Come in,
complete the character education sheet or brain teaser)

4. Create your classroom rules. (Refer to the worksheet I gave you.)

5. Go over the grading policy.
If you choose a rubric method, go www.teach-nology.com . This
webiste has a wealth of rubrics that you could create. I use this all the
time.

6. Have the students create collagues about themselves.

-Materials
magazines
scissors
glue
construction paper
writing paper (The students can write an explanation of what their
collague means and this could be a bulletin board)

***You can create one about yourself and share this one with the class.

Mathematics, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies Teachers

Here are some websites to get workseets, brain teasers, graphic organizers, and activities:

1. www.eduplace.com
2. www.teach-nology.com

Teachers, I have faith in you and I know that you can do it. I will be at Northeast Monday thru Wednesday from 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM. I will try and provide services to you even while I am back in my classroom. I will remain at Hamilton Elementary/Middle School until Human Resources finds my replacement.

I will keep you posted!

Why Mentor

I believe that every new teacher needs support. Mentors provide a knowledge that new teachers could appreciate and learn from. As a teacher, I have learned a number of things from my fellow colleagues that could benefit any teacher. As a mentor, I will provide exceptional knowledge to every teacher I mentor. Since this is my very first year as a mentor, I intend to do my very best to give each of you what you need. As you are learning to be a teacher, I will be learning to be a mentor. We can help each other.