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Laurie - you will have a lot of grading.

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Laurie - you will have a lot of grading.

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Always be willing to listen to and learn from others. Collaboration is huge.

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How to get everyone involved and mentor each other.

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To use the other teachers as a resource, especially across the different curriculum.

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Organization is very important.

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Who knew I would deal with parents so much!

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Communication is the key with families and to keep them updated.

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John

You do not have to talk the entire time.

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You will spend a lot of time and energy worrying about/ thinking about your students outside of school hours.

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Communicate with families often - especially with positive news!

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Learning is not the only outcome to be concerned about in education - Many kids have realities that hinder them from being their best outside of the classroom

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Lots of hours

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You can't please all of the people (parents) all of the time...

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There is no best way to do something, there are many good methods.

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You can't do it alone! Teachers help each other. It's the only way I survive.

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What looks good on paper does not always apply in the real world classroom...

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8th graders will always be able to answer my tech questions!

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It's better to take the high road. It took me a long time to learn how to admit I'm wrong and give the students the benefit of the doubt.

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I wish that I had known that my paycheck wouldn't reflect my level of commitment... Although, if given the chance I would make the same career decision again

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How much I think about my students and worry about them. You don't realize how hard it is to turn "off". I underestimated that

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I wish I knew that a teacher's job is never done and how to deal with all
the people who insist my job is easy and I am overpaid and have too much vacation

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You need to be flexible, embrace conflicts as learning opportunities, laugh, and remember the importance of authenticity.

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You need to be flexible, embrace conflicts as learning opportunities, laugh, and remember the importance of authenticity.

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Sam Smith

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Students are alot smarter than you think, challenge them, and give the difficult ones a helper job.

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No matter how hard you try someone is always going to be upset with something! Oh, and sometimes parents will just simply refuse to learn what Cyber School really means!

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Your days after the work day is over are still devoted to teaching and your kids

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important it is to incorporate student's families in the teaching process

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It is VERY difficult to get students to participate!

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That it is important to let families know what to expect from the very beginning.  They respect you more if you are honest.,

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I wish I would have know that it is not possible for someone in Philadelphia to win a sweatshirt.  That and that this job would require organization.

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Listening is the key to everything.

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I wish I would have had more practice dealing with tough parents. We can't please everyone.

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It will change every single year! Adaption is essential!

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Always be yourself - what other teachers do might work for them but you need to find your own path, always

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Always be willing to transform into what you need to be for the students.

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Every student CAN get better but not every student will WANT to make the effort.

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Failure is ok. Don't be afraid of it. You and even the students still learn something from it.

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Win the parents over from the start and your year will run much smoother.
Kelly

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There is always a reason for every student's behavior.  Positive attention goes a long way! 

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There is always a reason for every student's behavior.  Positive attention goes a long way! 

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Brittany Ibarra

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Teaching is an avocation rather than a vocation.

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Positive attitudes and reinforcement brighten the classroom. Each student has their own story...get to know it.

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Your day doesn't start at 8am nor ends at 4pm.

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Its more like a regular classroom than one would think.

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That starting with a joke of the day really makes a difference in the class atmosphere

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Communication usually solves all. :-)

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Being a good teacher involves a lot more than being able to teach.

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Not every student tries to do their best each and every day. And inspiring them to do just that is very very difficult

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Communicate ASAP!

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Remember every student has a story. We don't know whats going on in their lives. Everyone deserves respect and compassion:)

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Don't let difficult parents get to you. Just do your best and focus on the students. You can't make everyone happy and some people are always going to complain.

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English teacher means hours and hours of essay grading.

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You can't please everyone.

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Your Day does not END at 4pm!!!!!!!

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How to deal with difficult parents. They take a lot of energy out of you when they do their kids' work for them, then claim they don't.

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What's one thing you now know about teaching/leading in schools that you wish you would've known on your fist day?