10 First-Year Teacher Myths and How to Avoid Them

by Pernille Ripp | May 14, 2014 | Less Teacher, More Student, Making The Shift, Passion Based Learning, Voices

I believed that being new meant I had to follow someone else’s advice for the first six weeks of school, or I would be doomed. Now I know that students mostly know how to do school, and we must respect their intelligence as we build community with them.