New Teacher News
News for New NPE Teachers from Ms. Welch
Welcome!
Welcome new teachers! We are so glad you are a part of the New Prospect Panther family!
I am Heather Welch, your Curriculum Support Teacher and your Teacher Induction Advisor. I will be supporting you this year. This week you will have a mentor to help with the little things but I am always here to help support you! We will have a check in each month to help you along the way but please feel free to come see me at anytime you need help!
There is a great article below titled "Find Your Marigold". It is worth the read!
Mark Your Calendar
Upcoming New Teacher Check in dates. All check ins will begin at 3:00pm
Stay tuned for the location. Most likely the Collaboration Room.
August 29
September 26
October 24
November 28
December 12
January 30
February 27
March 27
April 24
May 15
Think about these guiding questions for our upcoming check in:
- What is your process for developing classroom rules and procedures?
- How do you address inappropriate behavior?
- How do you encourage students to celebrate other students' success?
Focus: Classroom Management Strategies
Voice Levels
Attention Getters without raising your voice-
Nonverbal Communication
Use transition slides to help students know the expectations before and/or during a transition or working time. It also saves you from giving instructions/directives a million times! Below is an example of what I used during class changes, work times, etc.
Sign language in the classroom:
- Manage students behavior
- Keep students actively engaged
- Assist students in literacy development of phonics, reading, and spelling
- Assist students in speech development
- Assist students in language development
- Promote positive peer to peer communication and interactions
- Enhance calendar and circle time
- Pair with phonics for alphabet and letter/sound learning
- Pair with sight words with printed text for faster reading development
- Use finger spelling with printed spelling words
- Enhance vocabulary acquisition for new words
- Enhance speech and language development with students with disabilities
- Enhance speech and language development with students who are Second Language Learners (ELL)
See it in action:
Bathroom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-J4cbFJVn4
Stop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Jh8q69gM8
Water:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m49LzvNVTgc
Yes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8dstbX5kN0
No:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0yf2ib8xUY
Thank you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jnbPaVPadc
Enjoy your weekend!
~Heather