New High School Teacher's TidBits from the Trenches: Tips and TidBits for the Beginning or Second Career Teacher-Lessen the Learning Curve!!!

Tips, Tidbits, and tricks to help lessen the learning curve for New High School or Secondary Teacher. A conversational approach to a survival guide type resource, with advice and secrets from 10 years teaching, evaluating, analyzing and coaching. All the things I was didn't know when I started and was afraid to ask or I learned through painful trial and error. You have a message to share and futures to shape and change, Save time and Lessen the Learning Curve!!
Topics covered include:
Creating Your Mission Statement
What to Expect the First Few Days, How to Position Yourself within the Professional Realm
What’s your approach? How to get the Information you need the way you need to get it, dancing within your Department, Want to shake things up and change systems in place- Want to be heard?! Consider this approach.
Alliances and your inner circle/ circle of support, How to choose a mentor, Your Authentic Philosophy and style- bring it! , Prioritized Planning, Organizational strategies, Lesson planning styles, First week with students/ what to expect and some strategies. Creating your classroom culture, Your culture, your world.
Teaching is selling, there’s no two ways about it, Positive reinforcement systems within your classroom culture,The Ebb and Flow of the School Calendar- what to expect and where to focus, Parent Communication- How to talk with parents, when, why
Creative discipline strategies/ how to deal with difficult students,
How to deal with difficult people, how to cultivate support, what to do if you receive a negative evaluation.
Take care of yourself Tricks and Tips Life and school balance,Budgeting advice
Relationships-The most important thing