By Martha Beach
No matter the grade level you are teaching, the new school year brings excitement: a new class list, configuring seating arrangements, hanging inspirational posters or stimulating artwork, working once again alongside your colleagues.
But as a high school teacher, it can also be a bit daunting: welcoming new (and nervous!) kids to a very different type of school day, planning lessons for multiple classes and levels, forming real relationships with students, trying to manage groups of teenagers, plus prepping piles of paperwork. It’s a lot to jump into after two months of sunshine sprinkled with professional development.
Martha Beach lives and works in Toronto as a freelance fact-checker, editor, and writer for a wide variety of publications. When she’s not working, you’ll find Martha on her yoga mat or hanging out with her daughter and husband.
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