Fun Fact: Everyone on the Teaching With a Mountain View team is a current or former elementary teacher. Combined, we have almost 50 years of experience in the classroom! But we were all first year teachers at some point and still vividly remember the struggles (and celebrations!) of those years. I have also served as a mentor to brand new teachers and love sharing my passion for education and new teacher tips with them. There are so many new teachers entering our field right now, so we’re on a mission to share a series of first year teacher tips with you this summer.

Are you soon to be a first year teacher? Do you know a first year teacher? Or maybe you’ll have a first year teacher joining your team or school next year? Maybe you’re still in the first few years of your education adventures? Whether fresh out of college or entering the teaching field as a second career, you have landed in the right place for new teacher tips!

This summer, we’re covering everything we WISH we had known when we started!

Sign up now for a FREE email series that kicks off in July filled with first year teacher tips for classroom management, lesson planning, parent communication, and more! Even if you aren’t a first year teacher, you’re welcome to join us as we cover the essentials this summer. It’s going to be LOADED with new teacher tips and reminders applicable to anyone.

Our Best First Year Teacher Tips

I will never forget my first day teaching. I had a magical student teaching experience, but nothing can prepare you for the moment you walk into a brand new classroom and have 25 sets of little eyes staring at you, waiting for YOU to tell them what to do! I froze for a moment and thought to myself, “Wait! Nobody prepared me for THIS exact moment.” I quickly snapped out of it, but I’ll never forget the feeling. 🙂

To kick off our advice palooza, some of the team members here at Teaching With a Mountain View have some advice they’d like to offer up…

“My best advice for educators is to find your support system. You do NOT have to do this alone! It makes such a difference to have teachers in your building who brainstorm together, cheer each other on, and share their snack drawers.” – Christi

“Get to know your students and don’t be afraid to show them you’re a person, too! Go to their games and concerts (if you want to and have time, of course!). Get to know their families. Know what they like and don’t like. Show them you value them not just as your students, but as people. Empathize with them and show them you care. Your students might not remember everything you teach them, but they will remember how you treated them. ❤️ “ -Danielle

“Balance is key! You can’t possibly do it all, so set clear boundaries with yourself while acknowledging that it’s REALLY hard to do everything this job requires within our contracted hours. I designate one or two days each week where I stay after school and catch up on as much as I can. I always feel so accomplished, and it largely eliminates bringing work home the rest of the week!” – Mary

“Always remember your why! And, the work will be there tomorrow. Make sure to take time for yourself. “ -Katie

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We look forward to learning with you this summer!

One of the best places for support is our Facebook Group for Teachers, Inspired in Upper Elementary. We have over 40,000 members who actively support one another and WANT to help! Please join us and ask as many questions as you’d like. We’re eager to hare our new teacher tips with you!

You can also explore our back to school blog posts now for additional tips while we wait to kick off our summer tipus series!