For every challenge a new teacher faces, there are many possibilities for managing a new teacher's time both in and out of the classroom. I am a great fan of checklists. They make my life so much easier and manageable. Having a working checklist is just so important if you're a new teacher trying to establish a positive relationship with your students or a seasoned teacher trying to teach fresh content. A working checklist really helps keep you on track to achieve what you really want in your teaching career.

Teachers make many decisions both in and out of the classroom and a working checklist can help you become less frazzled and more focused on developing meaningful goals that are crucial for developing a successful teaching career.

The best kinds of checklists are those that include weekly and monthly tasks or, short and long terms goals. Keep your weekly checklist focused to no more than 3 weekly tasks. Be flexible too - if you find yourself having a very busy week with grading and/or semester grades, then plan to put aside your goals for the following week without feeling guilty.

Your working checklist should have tasks that relate to different areas of classroom management and organization as well as lesson planning and assessment that you are working hard to improve.

So new teachers especially can avoid that overwhelming feeling by sticking to a checklist that focused on all the troubleshooting areas of lesson planning and classroom management where you are struggling with as a new teacher.

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Written By Dorit Sasson

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Dorit Sasson is a freelance writer, educator and founder and director of the New Teacher Resource Center.

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