1. Who Wants To Be a Beginning Teacher?
So, let’s play Ready?

2. Wardrobe for first day of school When is pay day?
According to Research, What Is the Number 1 Concern of Beginning Teachers?
Wardrobe for first day of school
When is pay day?
Will the students like me?
Classroom Discipline

3. Final Answer?
Classroom Discipline

4. According to research, what is the second greatest concern of beginning teachers?
How much is my paycheck?
When do I get to sleep?
What was I thinking?
How do I motivate the students?

5. Final Answer?
Motivating Students

6. Now that you know the #1 and #2 most commonly reported concerns of beginning teachers . . . .
In your table groups, discuss and list what you think the other six concerns would be and rank order them in your numbered blocks.

7. 8 Most Commonly Reported Problems for Beginning Teachers
Classroom Discipline
Motivating Students
Dealing with Individual Differences
Parent Relations
Planning Class Work
Evaluating Student Work
Insufficient Materials/Supplies
Students’ Personal Problems
Relations with Colleagues
Begin thrust into working conditions with the same responsibilities that 20-year veterans have on the first day of employment can lead to poor coping strategies that, if continued throughout the teacher’s career, may lower the quality of teaching and learning in the classroom. (Papagiotas)