Dear New Teacher,

Thank you for joining the teaching community. Thank you for your commitment to the learning and growth of our little people. Thank you for bringing your optimism, your ideas, your passions into our world.

We love you. We need you. We’re glad you’re here.

And it’s because we appreciate you that we want to help you make it.

We want to see you grow, not go.

We want this work to give you life, not take it from you.

So with that in mind, here are some tips and strategies that will help you survive and thrive in your toughest years of teaching.

Short monologue episodes like this one are based on my written reflections, which you can read any time at teachersonfire.net.

Read the blog post featured in this episode at https://teachersonfire.net/2023/07/24/the-magic-and-misery-of-student-video-submissions/

My name is Tim Cavey, and I’m proud to contribute to the education conversation through the Teachers on Fire podcast. If you’d like to engage further in education conversations, please connect with me @TeachersOnFire on any social media app.

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Visit the home of Teachers on Fire at https://teachersonfire.net/.

SONG TRACK CREDIT

Distant Love by Causmic

Flight to Tunisia by Causmic

Memory Rain by Yung Logos

Mirror Mirror by Audio Hertz

Road Tripzzz by Ofshane

How’s It Supposed to Feel (Instrumental) by NEFFEX

*All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.