Preparing for your First Day at School

For all the new (and veteran) teachers out there, this article has some great tips and tricks for your first day back at shcool.

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr360.shtml

Prepare Yourself

A Diary (for notes and reflections)
A Personal Calendar (Google Calendar runs my professional life)
A Personal "Survival" kit (for your convenience and sanity)

Prepare the Way

(Re-) Familiarize yourself with the school building and grounds
Visit the school website
Review school policies (check for changes)
Make friends with the school support staff (I cannot emphasize this enough!)

Prepare your Classroom

Setup bulletin boards
Setup the room (charge and prepare the tech)
Obtain supplies
Post classroom info
& More listed in the article

Prepare your students' parents

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Our Early History Together The internet has been around, long before I came into being on this planet. From the early days of the ARPANET in the 1960s to the creation of the WorldWideWeb, the internet was still nothing but a shadow of what it has become today when I was born in August 1986. Being a child of the late 80s, growing up in the 90s, I grew up with the internet explosion that would occur and continues to impact my life in various ways.

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