Plan, Plan, Plan

Being in the Education field, you need to learn to go with the flow and change path in a minute’s notice if needed. To often, there are people that just cannot handle this type of environment and buckle under pressure. As teachers, if you can’t, you might as well start looking elsewhere. I’ve worked with a few colleagues that, no matter how hard they try, can’t seem to do this. But, what I think helps is planning. You have to plan accordingly, with backup plans and things that can be done if something goes wrong. You must plan, plan well thought out, engaging lessons, if not, students will see right through it.