Ch 14. What Can the New Teacher Expect?by: Anna Guzman

What Can the New Teacher Expect?

Starting their career is for most people one of the most exciting and energizing periods of their lives. For most young people it represents their unofficial entrance into the adult world. They are often in a new environment with new people and challenges, and they have real responsibilities. This is especially true for new teachers. For many, the transition into full-time teaching is relatively easy satisfying. For others, however, the first year is a struggle. Some new teachers are shocked and disappointed by their initial experience of being a teacher.

Although prospective teacher may think that schools will hold few surprises, being on the other side of the desk is a very different experience and can produce a sense of culture shock.

Administrators play an important but often confusing role in the life of the beginning teacher.

Although fellow teacher are an enormous source of learning and support, they can sometimes be a source of difficulty.

New teachers learn much about the job in which they are supposed to be experts: instruction.

Some of the most intense satisfaction and disappointment confronting new teachers come from those they came to help: students.

Working with parents can be surprisingly complex and is rarely what the new teacher has anticipated.

Beginning teachers can follow specific strategies to mitigate problems and heighten their chances for a successful career start.

Teaching invariably has hidden sweetness and secret joys.

In this next video you can see different teachers giving different type of classes and you can see what they expect of their students to do.