Video: Top Tips for Starting out Your Career as a Classroom Teacher
Louise Kelly and Michael Cannavan are two experienced primary classroom educators based down in Adelaide, South Australia. Listen to their top tips for teachers just starting out their careers in the classroom and make sure you get a head start!
Key Messages
- Time management is key: the perfect lesson plan does not exist!
- Apply continuous improvement to ensure your lessons are rigorous and purposeful
- Embed self-reflection and questioning into your practice
- Don't get complacent: happy students do not necessarily mean they are challenged, nor achieving your intended learning outcomes
- Be vulnerable and actively seek feedback, advice and support from those around you