New Teacher Resources
We know how your first year of teaching is exciting and overwhelming (especially back to school!) because we’ve been there. We surveyed the TeacherVision community, and together with our Advisory Board of veteran teachers, we curated a collection of resources just for new teachers. Whether you're a first year teacher of elementary school, middle school or high school, these resources will help you grow and thrive as a new teacher.
Getting started:
Start with the New Teacher Toolkit and the Classroom Essentials. Then, Level Up with our professional development and self-care resources.
Want to dig deeper? You will find links to additional resources for all the teaching topics you need below.
Resource Guides for New Teachers
Whether you're getting ready for the first day or wrapping up report card comments, our editors have gathered our very best resources to help support you during this exciting moment in your career!
Full Library of Resources for New Teachers
Get help with disciplining your students, lesson methodologies, the first day of school, maintaining both authority and fairness, assessing your students' work, teaching English-language learners and students with special needs, forming a relationship with parents, and more. You'll also find printable forms, awards, and graphic organizers to help you in planning your lessons and your curriculum for the whole year.
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Advice for New Teachers Assessment Accomodations & Inclusion Beginning the School Year Teacher/Parent Relationships Homework Classroom Environment & Culture Classroom Organization Lesson Planning Professional Development Classroom Management Teaching Methods & Strategies Social-Emotional LearningAdvice for New Teachers
Check our tips and suggestions for new teachers in these resources including teaching hints your first year, how to manage behavior, collaborating with parents, and much more.
- Top 10 Great Books on Teaching
- Replace Fear With Trust: Teaching Advice
- 10 Inspirational Quotes for Educators
- Top 10 Classroom Organization Tips
- Discipline Must Be Logical: Teaching Advice
- Top 10 Icebreakers to Get to Know Your Students
- Top 15 Pieces of Advice from Veteran Teachers
- Lesson Planning Advice from Veteran Teachers
Assessment Resources for New Teachers
Learn about assessment vs. evaluation, rubrics, scantrons, and more using our resources for new teachers.
- A Grading and Assessment Workbook for Teachers
- How to Grade With a Growth Mindset
- Tips for Grading and Writing Comments That Save Time and Increase Impact
- Elementary Reading Pre-Assessment
- Elementary Division Pre-Assessment
- Elementary Multiplication Pre-Assessment
- Elementary Subtraction Pre-Assessment
- Elementary Addition Pre-Assessment
Accomodations and Inclusion
These resources will help you understand and implement strategies for managing and fostering an inclusive classroom.
- Best Practices for Supporting Students With Special Needs
- How to Build a Culturally-Responsive Classroom
- Effective Teaching Strategies
- Effective Accommodations for IEPs
- Using General Education Standards with IEPs
- The IEP Team Members
- What is Dyslexia?
- Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners
- Teaching English Language Learners Across the Curriculum: The Science Classroom
- Fall Writing Packet for English Language Learners
- Five Essential Principles for Building ELL Lessons
- Language Proficiency Chart
- Five Essential Principles for Building ELL Lessons
- The Unique Challenges of Teaching English-Language Learners
- Teaching English-Language Learners with Learning Difficulties
- More More Accommodations and Inclusion Resources
Beginning the School Year
Use these resources to help your first year begin in a positive and stress-free way. Includes ideas to be prepared before the year starts, activities for the first day, and much more.
Parent/Teacher Relationships
As a new teacher, use our resources to learn how to interact with parents and help you achieve parent involvement in your classroom which ultimately leads to student success.
Homework
Articles on the effectiveness of homework and how much to give, along with a customizable and organizational homework checklist, are among the resources to choose from in this section.
Classroom Environment and Culture
Creating a workable and positive classroom atmosphere is easy using our resources. Includes tips on securing supplies, classroom arrangement and organization, along with ideas for bulletin boards.
Classroom Organization
Choose from these different pre-made forms to help you when a student needs a pass out of class, or you need help organizing grades or lesson plans. Some forms are customizable.
Lesson Planning
These resources include advice on planning from veteran teachers, help structuring lessons and lesson plans, as well as organizational tips.
Professional Development
If you enjoyed these resources for New Teachers, click the links below on our resources for other informative articles to help you teach effectively.
- Self-Care Strategies for New Teachers
- Four Tips for Bouncing Back After a Tough Observation
- Teachers, Appreciate Yourselves
- A Time Management Workbook for Teachers
- What's Your TeacherVision? Workbook
- A Grading and Assessment Workbook for Teachers
- Your Teacher Self-Care Workbook
- Teacher Self-Care 101: Coaching For How to Be Your Best Teaching Self
- Our Top Summer Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers
- Money-Saving Tips for Professional Development
- Summer Reading: Eight Professional Development Books For K-12 Teachers
- Our Favorite Ways to Grow As A Teacher
- Summer Reading List for Teachers – Fiction
- Summer Reading List for Teachers – Nonfiction
- The Ultimate E-Book: 9 Ways to Become a Better Teacher and Develop a Positive Mindset
- How To Get The Most Out Of Student Teaching
- What's Your Teacher Vision? On-Demand Webinar
- More Professional Development Resources
Classroom Management
Classroom management will be less of a concern with our resources including creating rules, classroom management strategies, advice for implementing, and much more.
Teaching Methods and Strategies
All teachers, but especially new teachers, will find these Teaching Methods and Strategies resources very helpful in setting up and structuring your lessons and classroom.
Social-Emotional Learning
Browse through our resources, Dealing with Social/Emotional Issues, to find helpful articles and useful classroom activities such as resolving conflict.
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ASSESSMENT
Group Activity Rubric
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CLASSROOM TOOLS
Homework Checklist
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EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Top 10 Most Popular Graphic Organizers
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Textbooks: Advantages and Disadvantages
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Levels of Questions in Bloom's Taxonomy
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Cooperative Learning
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Teaching Students with Special Needs
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Positive Descriptions of Student Behavior
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Questions Before, During, and After Reading
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Dictionary of Educational Jargon
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EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Top 10 Motivation Tips for the Classroom
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Learning Centers
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Tips for Achieving and Maintaining Discipline
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Think Aloud Strategy
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Classroom Routines and Schedules
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TEACHING RESOURCE
How Students Learn
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Collaboration Between General and Special Education Teachers
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LESSON PLANS
Activating Prior Knowledge
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EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Top 10 Educational Technology Resources
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LESSON PLANS
Sequencing Lesson
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Lesson Plans: Using Procedures
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Problem-Solving
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ACTIVITIES
Conflict Resolution Activities
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Using "KWL" In Your Classroom Strategy