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    The document discusses the importance of being prepared and organized as a teacher. Teachers should ensure they have enough materials and backups for any technology or activities planned for class so they do not have to leave the classroom. It is also important to overplan for potential issues and have backup activities ready in case things go faster or slower than anticipated. Being prepared allows teachers to focus on engaging all students and addressing issues before they escalate.

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    The document discusses the importance of being prepared and organized as a teacher. Teachers should ensure they have enough materials and backups for any technology or activities planned for class so they do not have to leave the classroom. It is also important to overplan for potential issues and have backup activities ready in case things go faster or slower than anticipated. Being prepared allows teachers to focus on engaging all students and addressing issues before they escalate.

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    3.

    BEING PREPARED & ORGANISED

    3.1 Be prepared
    From the minute your class begins to the minute it ends, there should be no reason
    for you to leave the classroom. This means you must be prepared – there should
    be no dashing off to the photocopier because you don’t have enough copies, or
    your board markers have run out of ink.

    If something unexpected crops up (eg, the plug on your CD recorder explodes, or


    the lights in the classroom stop working), see if you can ask one of your students to
    leave the room for you to take the message to Admin or Maintenance, rather than
    going yourself. If you absolutely have to leave the classroom for any reason, make
    sure your students are working on a task before you do so.

    The more prepared you are with your planning, the more smoothly the class will
    run. As a new teacher, you should “over-plan”. Try to anticipate possible problems
    with your lesson, and have solutions ready in place.

    You should check beforehand that all electrical equipment you will need for your
    class is working, and ALWAYS have a backup plan. For example, if you plan to
    watch a video with your class, or use the internet – what will you do if there is a
    power failure, or the internet crashes? Another example of things going wrong
    could be that a few students finish an activity in half the time you have allowed for
    it. You should have an extra activity up your sleeve that you can give your “fast”
    students to work on, while the others are finishing.

    Try to keep all your students engaged at all times: allowing some students to sit
    and chat while the rest of the class is working is distracting, and could lead to
    problem behaviour such as wandering around the class, talking on mobile phones
    etc.

    The advantage of being prepared is that it allows you time to think during the class,
    and to assess the “mood” of the whole class and/or individual students, so that you
    can head off potential problems before they become problems. If you are too busy
    improvising or thinking on your feet, your class will have a hectic feel to it which will
    communicate itself to your students. The more organised you are, the more your
    students will be able to relax, knowing that they are in capable hands. Strive
    always to be calm and in control.

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