nagoya's blog

I agree with Mr. Henry that one of the most important things for a new teacher to do is to establish and adjust classroom routines on a regular basis. I believe that sound classroom procedures can make or break your first year. They prevent confusion and chaos and dampen some of the student nonsense that can overwhelm any instructor in any class.

Now that you have a week or so of school under your belt, take a look at your procedures and fine tune one or two of them. Don't be stuck doing something inefficiently forever. I know it took me a year to figure out how to collect papers in an orderly fashion - hopefully you are a quicker study...

Here are 5 questions I would use in assessing my classroom routines: