LOPEZ, MA.

TERESA A
BSIE-H.E DR. BASA

DO’S
 Be on time every morning
 Dress professionally
 Take a lot of notes
 Show initiative
 Complete your lesson plans on time
 Put forth maximum effort in all you do
 Learn your student’s names quickly
 Let students figure out their own mistakes
 Greet all students and faculty with a smile
 Treat everyone with kindness and respect
 Develop healthy lifestyle habits to avoid being sick
 Stay after school if you need time to plan and help your mentor teacher
 Volunteer for everything and anything that is going on at school
 Watch your mentor teacher and other teachers to learn valuable information

Don’ts
o Try and be friends with the students, you are their teacher
o Be the first one to leave the building after the bell rings
o Be afraid to ask for help if you need it
o Call in sick or miss a class unless it is an emergency
o Wear anything that you are unsure about
o Be friends with any students on your social media sites
o Assume your students can’t find you on your social media sites
o Expect every lesson to go the way you planned it
o Expect the children to know your rules and routine by the second day
o Be too hard on yourself, not everything will go the way you planned