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My first year in SD81 was overwhelming with learning all the new technology. It definitely was a year of trial and error. I truly enjoyed the support of my mentor and her willingness to build a relationship with me.

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My biggest challenge was building my self-confidence in what I was doing. It was overwhelming and I felt like I had no business being left with a room full of kids. I really relied on my mentor who was super supportive. I was hesitant to ask for more support with a few tough students because I wanted to seem like I had it all together!

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My first year was good. I learned something new every day. I wish I would have had more direction and support in creating and collecting essential data and using that to drive instruction. It took a lot of trial and error. We were all working together on creating data collection documents for effective teaching.

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I was nervous and excited. Had a ton of goals and things I wanted to do. Probably didn't get through half, and that was ok. Overall, it wasa very positive year (or I wouldn't have kept teaching haha).

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My first year was difficult with balancing responsibility and being a team leader with still getting to know my role/ district. Having a mentor to be able to reach out to and having support was huge :)

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When I started there were lots of new staff, so that made it difficult, but we all leaned on each other. My coworkers were so supportive and helpful.

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My first year of teaching was very hard. I feel like it was a tough group of students and I feel like my classroom management was not great at all. Even though I had a mentor teacher, I wish I had the amount of support the new teachers currently have.

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My first year was exciting but chaotic! There were great days, bad days, and just normal days. Back then, I wish there was a curriculum coach BUT in came soon after which I used during my 2nd year and was the best thing EVER!!!!!

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My first year was so positive.

Positive- having a supportive mentor and administrators to help answer all of my questions.

Negative- learning how to schedule all of my students was a learning curve, not necessarily a negative, just something to adjust!

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It was overwhelming and chaotic, but it helped shape me into the teacher I am today and for that, I am grateful! My team was so supportive and positive, I felt very welcomed.

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My first year of teaching was amazing! It was super positive and I had all the supports that I needed to succeed. My mentor was wonderful and so helpful (shoutout Katie Berry)!

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It was positive and negative. Wish I had more help with running small groups and managing behavior during that time.

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My first year was exciting, a constant learning process, and scary. I did not have a mentor and relied on my 5th grade team to teach me the ropes. It was positive but I would have loved a mentor to help.

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My first year of teaching I was basically left on my own, so any kind of help would have been nice lol.