Things I Wish I Had Known BEFORE I Started Teaching...

Based on the title above, you already know I am going to be talking about the things I wish I had known BEFORE I started teaching (that I plan to focus on in my second year). If you would prefer to watch this in video form rather than reading, click the link above! (The video is cut off because I didn't want the video to be super long! Part Two will be up this week!) Otherwise, keep on reading!


Things I Wish I Had Known BEFORE I Started Teaching:

*Absorb any and everything Hope and Wade King and Teaching And So Fourth
One word: AMAZING teachers. Like I said in my GYTO Recap, Hope and Wade (and Amy Lemons!) filled in those gaps I knew I had during my first year.

*You are NOT going to cry everyday.
Maybe you will. I'm an easy cryer and recall only crying maybe once or twice. Never in front of the kids.

*Get to know your team!
This should go without saying. I work with a FABULOUS third grade team who answered every question I had, no matter how silly I felt asking it! I learned that I could just ask straightforward without fluffing that email or text message with unnecessary information in an attempt to sound less stupid. Just ASK them.

*Don't buy too much over the summer!!
I KNOW it's super tempting. I've seen brand new teachers already doing the same thing this year.

*You don't have to take every bit of advice you get and you should never feel guilty for it.
I was told what to eat, what time to go to bed, what time to leave school, how to decorate my room (LOL), and other little tidbits that I didn't ask for. I knew what I wanted in my classroom, I knew what time to go to bed so I could feel the most awake, I left school when I wanted, and I figured out an eating plan that worked for me.