
5 things I should've been told when I was a rookie teacher
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Being a DoS means also recruiting new teachers, and then training them to meet up the standards of our school - and this inspires me to share 5 things someone should've told me when I started teaching years ago.
Someone should have - but I had no DoS, and even though teaching runs in my blood, there are some things I had to discover by myself:

Bored on your summer break? Let's make a board game!
We're getting more and more games in our school, but still there are some beyond our reach - too complex to explain in class, not communicative enough, or simply - impossible to buy (out of stock, waiting for second print, huh). And since we all know that desperate times call for desperate measures, we basically change the official ideas into DIY games.

7 free online courses in July
Summer break is perfect for online courses - you don't have to do lesson preparation, your mind is free to wander: now's the time to study! I do realise not everyone is a die-hard fan of online courses like yours truly, so my shortlisted courses are rather summer-like, short and pleasant.