We at the New Teacher Hotline podcast know your pain, and we’ve got the aloe of veteran experience to soothe your blistered skin. Join Dr. Glen Moulton, a supervisor of instruction and lifelong teacher trainer, and Michael Kelley, the author of Rookie Teaching for Dummies, twice a month as they help you stop, drop, and roll your way through your first few years of teaching. Be sure to submit your questions for the show!
#1: Was There an Exclamation Point?
- Title: #1: Was There an Exclamation Point?
- Length: 19:09 minutes (4.39 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 22kHz 32Kbps (CBR)
In our premiere episode, the hosts introduce themselves and discuss the format of the show. Each show begins with a Warm-Up, a topic that’s on our minds. This week’s Warm-Up is an overview of classroom management. The second half of the show is listener email, where we delve into the questions you send us here at the Hotline. It sounds like things are going very poorly for a teacher who started mid-year. Her kids are out of control and she’s knee deep in problems. We do our best to help out.
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Hi there new listener. Welcome to a grand experiment that we hope offers you some sound advice and perhaps a chuckle or two (but no more than that...two's the limit). If you like what you hear, spread the word!
Hello. I'm Rose. Just
Hello. I'm Rose. Just finished downloading all 3 and listened to first one. I really appreciate the humour and lightness of the intro and it definitely made it less "terrifying" to go on listening about my "Waterloo": classroom management, bec of the fact that, technically, it's an environment I haven't been in (being a tutor for 7 yrs).
I am currently into my last leg of training in preparation for the ABCTE PTK exam (elementary, multiple subject) which I hope to be prepared enough to take by mid of April (this year of course), hence this hotline is a very very very (can't stress it enough) welcome treat for me (and am sure for the rest) as I feel that I'm making leaps and being given a big window to look through and see the real deal.
In one of the training seminars on "essential teaching principles", I asked the trainor re the possibility of gaining advance vital info on my "future" sudents before my plane lands and I enter the classroom. I got the impression (from his answer) that it was such a tall call. So, I'm really excited to hear and learn more and stock up enough "aloe" for the future pain!
Hi Rose! Hope our advice
Hi Rose! Hope our advice helps ease that stress. I had so many literal nightmares before I started teaching--panic dreams that my kids wouldn't listen or that things got out of control. Even though classroom management is tough, it's not magic. The difficult part isn't knowing what to do (that is, once you find out what to do) but following through until the kids understand that you're in charge. It's a thankless task that lasts a few months but is worth so much.
We're focusing once more on classroom management in episode four, to be released March 28, and then I'm sure it'll keep resurfacing every now and again.
Hello again! I listened to
Hello again! I listened to all 3 . Until last night i didn't realized that I've been managing my own little classroom for at least 10 years! Well, although this classroom has only 2 big bullies in it (my 10 and 13 year-old sons, and occasionally a bunch of tutees), I feel... relieved (?) to know how similar things are between the 2 setups.
Don't woory Mike the word is
Don't woory Mike the word is being sprend down under.
You run a great show which should be mandatory listening for all new teachers and those needing a bit of a fresh look at it.
Keep up the good work.
Sam Wright
Deputy Principal
MacKillop College,
Swan Hill, Australia