A quick shout out to all the new graduate teachers for 2011.
Welcome to one of the hardest and most rewarding professions.
This year, you'll probably laugh and cry more than you ever have before, but hang in there! The statistics on teachers leaving the profession after five years or less are dreadful - don't become a statistic!
Anyone like to offer advice to first year teachers?
Advice: It gets better...?
ReplyDeleteOr maybe: it doesn't really get better - you just feel more confident. Usually.
The marking never gets better. ;)