There are a lot of things about teaching that make it different than most any other job you could have.
Luckily, there are a handful of similarities that will help you keep your sanity when the job gets to be a bit much.
Here are a few things that make a teaching job similar to jobs you may have already had: You'll be judged by your results.
You may think that if you reach just one student you've done your job.
Too bad your administration doesn't feel that way.
They'll be more interested in standardized test scores than they will in any touchy-feely sort of way.
And while it is important to make a difference in each of your student's lives, you'll want to make sure that your measurable numbers pass mustard too.
This may be rather difficult your first year, as they may hold you to the same standards as veteran teachers, and you can't always work miracles your first year.
Don't let that throw you off your game or make you think you're a lousy teacher.
There are some qualities of being a good teacher that can't be measured with numbers and multiple choice tests.
You'll get undeserved praise and blame.
In the end, they'll all balance out, so try to maintain that balance as the school year progresses.
There's no use getting gloomy when you have a bad day or week, because it just means you'll be do for a good time in the near future.
If you focus too much on what's going wrong, you'll just get more of it.
On the contrary, if things are going swimmingly, you'll want to take it with a grain of salt.
Things will probably start to turn sour soon so keep your wits about you and try to head off any problems before they occur.
Keeping a nice medium attitude about day-to-day school life is the best internal policy keep.
Most people won't care about your work day.
Just like with most jobs people won't be too interested in how your day went or what you do during the day.
Most everyone already has some idea of what you do because they were once in school and remember their teachers quite well.
They won't want to hear about a lesson plan that you mastered or a class that went great or really badly.
The only thing that might occur if you try to talk about your job is a debate on how bad the educational system is in America.
Rest assured your job will be like most any job you've had.
It will have it's major differences but you're basically punching a clock and working like a dog.
Just remember to take it all in stride and don't get too flustered by any of the details.
Luckily, there are a handful of similarities that will help you keep your sanity when the job gets to be a bit much.
Here are a few things that make a teaching job similar to jobs you may have already had: You'll be judged by your results.
You may think that if you reach just one student you've done your job.
Too bad your administration doesn't feel that way.
They'll be more interested in standardized test scores than they will in any touchy-feely sort of way.
And while it is important to make a difference in each of your student's lives, you'll want to make sure that your measurable numbers pass mustard too.
This may be rather difficult your first year, as they may hold you to the same standards as veteran teachers, and you can't always work miracles your first year.
Don't let that throw you off your game or make you think you're a lousy teacher.
There are some qualities of being a good teacher that can't be measured with numbers and multiple choice tests.
You'll get undeserved praise and blame.
In the end, they'll all balance out, so try to maintain that balance as the school year progresses.
There's no use getting gloomy when you have a bad day or week, because it just means you'll be do for a good time in the near future.
If you focus too much on what's going wrong, you'll just get more of it.
On the contrary, if things are going swimmingly, you'll want to take it with a grain of salt.
Things will probably start to turn sour soon so keep your wits about you and try to head off any problems before they occur.
Keeping a nice medium attitude about day-to-day school life is the best internal policy keep.
Most people won't care about your work day.
Just like with most jobs people won't be too interested in how your day went or what you do during the day.
Most everyone already has some idea of what you do because they were once in school and remember their teachers quite well.
They won't want to hear about a lesson plan that you mastered or a class that went great or really badly.
The only thing that might occur if you try to talk about your job is a debate on how bad the educational system is in America.
Rest assured your job will be like most any job you've had.
It will have it's major differences but you're basically punching a clock and working like a dog.
Just remember to take it all in stride and don't get too flustered by any of the details.