"THINGS I WISH I'D KNEW ON MY FIRST YEAR OF TEACHING" by Terry Heick

Here is a lesson from a fellow tutor Terry Heick (+ other tutors). These important tips can be helpful to everyone of us with consideration that soon we'll be having our first teaching practice for this academic year 2017/2018. These tips will be posted in #sequence so as to ensure accuracy in grasping concepts from each part effectively.
An outline of things to consider most has been provided. It is my hope that you'll find them helpful and delightful.

 For today the first two important issues to consider are;
1. PRIORITIZE-AND THEN PRIORITIZE AGAIN.
The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. 


You can’t save everyone. You can't do everything. Start by doing what's important. Don't spend your time with less important things for a particular time. Bare in mind that you can do anything but you can't do everything. An activity might be of much important NOW but not later. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
2. CHILDREN WON'T ALWAYS REMEMBER THE CONTENT, BUT MANY WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.
If you see your students starts to study worse, have no desire to do all schoolworks you give them, and just want to give up on everything, do not be in a hurry to argue and tell them about how bad and lazy they've become.
You can be like a parent to them. Support your students, ask about what happens to them, push them to do better. If you see that the student is depressed, maybe it would be better to meet with him/her after class session to know what is going on.
Be a friend but don't go too far. Stay professional, help students with school works, listen to them, talk about their lives #BUT REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE.


.....Let's end here for today....on the following posts we'll have a continuation from this point on.
Wish you all the best in this new career.
Edited and re-written by,
Anophrine D. Shirima.
©BSc MICT (EDU) 2017/2018.
   

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