What Challenges Do New Teachers Face

What Challenges Do New Teachers Face?
New teachers enter their jobs with education and some hands-on experience, but they often experience difficulties and challenges as
they get acclimated to the classroom. Here are some of the most common challenges they face:
 Classroom management. Surveys have indicated that 85% of teachers feel that the biggest challenge to new teachers is
maintaining order in the classroom.
 Lack of guidance and resources. Lesson planning can sometimes pose a challenge even for the most experienced teachers.
New teachers may struggle if they’re not provided with the guidance and instructional materials they need to create engaging
lesson plans for their students.
 Unsupportive environments. Support for new teachers needs to be available from multiple sources. It should start at the
district level. New teachers need support from fellow teachers and administrators in their schools and school leaders need to
foster a collegial atmosphere.
 Evolving technology. It can be a challenge for new teachers to get up to speed on classroom technology. They also need
ongoing technical education to stay abreast of changes and keep up with their students.
 Work-life balance. Maintaining a healthy work-life balance is important in every profession and particularly important in
teaching since teachers give so much of themselves to their students.
A failure to address these challenges may contribute to new teacher burnout and turnover. School districts and school administrators
can best serve new teachers by providing professional development and onboarding to address these challenges and give teachers the
tools and training they need to do their best work in the classroom.
8 Topics To Include In New Teacher Training

In light of the potential challenges faced by new teachers, here are eight topics to include in new teacher training in your district.
#1: Classroom Management
Classroom management is a topic that encompasses a variety of necessary skills that can help teachers become classroom leaders with
the knowledge and experience to moderate student behavior, communicate expectations, and serve as role models.
Basic instruction in classroom management may focus on helping teachers with issues related to student compliance and behavior
management. However, viewed through a broad lens, classroom management can and should incorporate anything that teachers can do
to help their students learn. Specific topics may include the following:
 How to create a classroom environment that welcomes students

 How to encourage student excellence and engagement
 How to maintain a positive attitude in the classroom
 How to treat students with respect and fairness
 How to encourage students to treat one another with respect and kindness
 How to design effective and engaging lessons
 How to successfully communicate expectations to students
Classroom management training provides beginning teachers with a bedrock of understanding and support that they’ll carry with them
every day as they educate students.
#2: Social Emotional Learning

Social emotional learning (SEL) is a popular professional development topic because it speaks directly to how teachers interact with
their students. It helps teachers develop the self-awareness, self-control, communication skills, and interpersonal skills they need to
help their students succeed.
SEL topics may include the following:
 Understanding how to connect with students who struggle with mental illnesses
 Reaching students who have experienced trauma
 Helping students cope with anxiety
 Setting boundaries with students
 Communicating effectively with parents
These SEL topics all play a role in how well teachers can do their jobs, particularly as it relates to students’ mental health.
#3: Self-Care
Self-care is essential for anybody in a profession where burnout is an issue, and that of course includes teachers. Teachers put a lot of
themselves into their jobs and may need help acquiring a self-care toolbox that allows them to cope with the stresses of their work.
Self-care topics may include the following:
 Self-care for wellness

 Setting boundaries
 Good health practices for teachers
 Wellness tools
Self-care training can help teachers take better care of their students by taking better care of themselves.
#4: Instructional Technology
Instructional technology continues to play an important role in K-12 classrooms and teachers must stay abreast of technology if they
want to engage their students, who are all digital natives.
The Alludo content catalog includes a broad array of instructional technology courses, including these:
 Zoom
 Google Classroom
 Khan Academy
 Kahoot!
 iPad
 Seesaw
 Tedx
This is just a small sampling of what we have to offer, so teachers can choose the tools that they believe will be most useful and
pursue professional development to master them and bring them to the classroom.
#5: Digital Citizenship
Digital citizenship empowers teachers to protect themselves online and teach their students how to protect themselves, too. It may
include these topics:
 Digital literacy
 Cyberbullying
 Privacy and security
 Ethics
 Common sense media
 Online communication
Since today’s students and teachers spend so much time online, it makes sense to prioritize digital citizenship training for new
teachers.
#6: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Today’s classrooms are more diverse than ever, with students hailing from a wide variety of races, religions, and economic
backgrounds. Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) training provides teachers with specialized learning to help them help their students.
Here are some DEI topics to consider:
 Understanding diversity
 Recognizing microaggressions in the classroom
 The influence of unconscious bias
 Communication for inclusion
Without proper training, new teachers may inadvertently play into unconscious biases or exclude students without meaning to do so.
Offering DEI topics as part of professional development will help teachers be as inclusive as possible.
#7: Mentorship
Ongoing mentorship is one of the best ways to provide new teachers with the support they need. In many districts, there’s an effort to
pair each new educator with an experienced mentor.
Mentoring relationships may happen even if there is no formal mentoring system in place. However, new teachers are most likely to
acclimate to their jobs if they have collegial guidance in addition to structured learning.
#8: Collaboration
In a collaborative environment, teachers at every experience level know they can ask for advice and approach other teachers and
educators for brainstorming or guidance, even outside of mentoring relationships.
Source: https://blog.alludolearning.com/new-teacher-training

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8 Topics To Include In New Teacher Training

 How to create a classroom environment that welcomes students

#2: Social Emotional Learning

 Self-care for wellness

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