Tom Kucharski's presentation for the 1st Year Teachers.

1. What synonyms / roles
do you associate with
the word, “teacher”?

2. Which of these roles have
you taken in your first
days at New Trier?

3. What has surprised
you about New Trier?

4. What has surprised
you about New Trier?
Have your expectations been
subverted or confirmed?

6. What relationships do you
see developing between
you and your students?
What relationships do you
see developing among
students in your classes?
Is your class truly a
learning community?

7. What relationships do you
see developing between
you and your students?
What relationships do you
see developing among
students in your classes?
Is your class truly a
learning community?

8. What are the external
influences that affect your
learning community?

9. What messages are
you sending with your
grading system?

10. What is the relationship
between humility and
the role of the teacher?

11. Think about your
most difficult class or
student relationship.
Leaving here today,
what will you change
about that situation?