Thirty New Educators were interviewed. The questions and the New Educators’ unedited responses are listed below.How would you change the NESS program?
• More information about subject area.
• More frequency in visits.
• More observation and even classroom demonstration of instruction from Instructional Coach (IC).
• Support from others throughout the entire program
• I would not include after-school meetings. I would have more people who are familiar with our student population.
• Change meeting time to before school. Be consistent.
What advice would you give to a new teacher?
• Stay prayed up!
• Be organized.
• Be extremely organized and well prepared. Never procrastinate about anything.
• Trust yourself and be consistent!
• To ask questions and reflect on information needed. Think through situation first. Follow advice of other educators.
• Use all available resources.
• Get an experienced teacher (not your NESS Coach) to be your guide and lean on her.
• Be yourself! Be confident! Be a teacher!
• Hang in there!
• One Day at a time.
• Teachers are not superheroes – don’t go on overload.
• Always believe in your students.
• Get classroom management in order & take CHAMPs I and II.
• Be patient, observant, flexible, real and just enjoy the ride.
• You must have good classroom management skills.
Reflection: Did our site meet the needs of all our New Educators? What can our site do to improve the support we already provide our New Educators? Are there other questions we could ask our New Educators that would help us determine the effectiveness of our program?
Source: Randall Deich, NESS Program Facilitator
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