surviving the first year of teaching in a nyc public school

Surviving the First Year of Teaching in a NYC Public SchoolBy Weina Ma

July get interviews take the offer get nominated

June

get certification search for the jobs

May

submit Request for Recommendation Form near graduation

April

take NYS Teacher Certification Exams

March

get SSN apply online at teachnyc.net

How Did I Get This Job?

How Did I Get This Job? Got a phone call from the Principal Had 1 interview with the Principal An unexpected but key question “Do you

have any ways to network as a first year teacher?”

No demo lesson, submitted edTPA video 1 week and a half

Where Do I Teach? NEST+m New York’s premier K-12 public school for

Gifted and Talented students from all 5 boroughs

Who Do I Teach? Middle & Upper Grades 6 levels Age 11-17 9% Black, 11% Hispanic, 42% White, and

33% Asian students Very diverse population

What Obstacles Do I Face? 6 levels 5 preparations (2 levels meet

every other day) vs. 1 preparation 4-hour commute No experience in teaching Mandarin No experience in dealing with teenagers 2/3 of the students didn’t know they would

have a new teacher

How Did I Survive the Past 6 Months? Tried classroom management strategies Got to know the students Got to know the school protocols Made adjustments all the time (if not

everyday)

What Did I Do That Went Well?

Classroom Decoration

Seating

Classroom Rules

Get Organized

Student Learning Tools

Classroom Management Tools

What Lessons Have I Learned?

1. Work Smart Not Hard In the first 2 months, I went to bed around 2

am on any working day. I lost voice twice. I had cold every month. But students didn’t seem to appreciate my

hard work. I learned different lessons every day!

2. Student-Centered Ask students questions instead of feeding

them answers Speak no more than 20 minutes Make them read, write, talk, move Circulate and check students’ understanding

Get Them Busy

3. Make Homework a Source of Teaching & Learning

High Quality of Homework Look Like this

HW#4 common mistakes

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1. Unnecessary info


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2. 错别字


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3. Word order


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1. Missing information


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1. Missing information


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2. Word Order


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3. 错别字

HW#6 WWW: What went well

做得好的地方是：用了马老师教的量词

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HW#9 common mistakes1. Word Order ---Time & Place

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4. Extra Credit Projects

5. Playful Middle School Students

Playful Middle School Students

6. Hungry high school students with cell phone addiction

Follow School Protocols

Essential Questions

Agenda, Aims, Do Now, HW

Purposeful Reading & Writing

Assessment

Presentable Students’ Work

Document Everything

Useful Resources

Teaching Channel https://

www.teachingchannel.org/videos/new-teacher-experience

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/new-teacher-experience




Google Classroom

EdPuzzle

Remind

QUESTIONS?

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