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Discover everything a beginning teacher will need for a successful school year, from tips for your first day, to classroom-management advice, to printables and lesson plans that will support your curriculum all year long.

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!

prepare for back to school
2-WEEKS PRIOR
Get your classroom ready for the big day
the first day of school
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Tips and resources for a successful first day!
the first week of school
YOUR FIRST WEEK
Get to know your students with these icebreakers
your first semester
FIRST 60 DAYS
Open house, teacher/parent conferences, and more
advice for new teachers
VETERAN TEACHER ADVICE
Words of wisdom from veteran teachers
your survival kit
MUST-HAVE RESOURCES
For those unforeseen situations and scenarios

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.

Advice 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.
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.
The Classroom
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 Notes, Passes, and Forms
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.
Behavior Management
Behavior management will be less of a concern with our resources including creating rules, classroom management strategies, advice for implementing, and much more.
Assessment
Learn about assessment vs. evaluation, rubrics, scantrons, and more using our resources for new teachers.
Special Education, Learning Disabilities, and Inclusion
You will be guided through principles that address accommodations and modifications with a printable checklist to help with IEPs with these resources.
Teacher-Parent 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.
Dealing with 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.
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.
Teaching English Language Learners
Practical information and guidelines to help you provide services to students with a variety of learning difficulties for whom English is a second language.
Dealing With Social/Emotional Issues
Browse through our resources, Dealing with Social/Emotional Issues, to find helpful articles and useful classroom activities such as resolving conflict.
Teaching Methods & 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.

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