Chapter 14: What Can The New Teacher Expect? by: Keriann Grisham

One of the biggest fears every beginning teacher has is classroom management. They ask themselves “What if my students start to get out of control”, or “What if this problem gets too tough for me to handle, and I have to quit?” A person can go into the teaching field, passionate about the subject they want to teach, but if they don’t know how to handle their students everything can turn into chaos. I believe students need consistency. One way to help control the classroom is to set a list of classroom rules that are explained to the students (so they know what is expected of them), and also that each rule is stuck to by the teacher. Another important thing to maintain as a teacher is a good attitude. When a teacher has a good attitude, and is happy to be working with her students, this is apparent to his/her students. When a teacher has a positive attitude, their students are more likely to have good attitudes as well as good behavior.

I choose this video because it shows that a teacher having a good attitude makes a big difference in the behavior that is returned from the students and it creates a more comfortable atmosphere in the classroom as well. I hope that when I become a teacher I will be able to manage my classroom efficiently.