Support

For my first year of teaching, I expect support to come from fellow first year teachers. Also, support could come from the principle or other experienced teachers. If there is another art teacher in the school, then they would be an obvious form of support. Fellow first year teachers who have many of the same struggles and questions I have would be a good form of emotional support. They are going through the same things as me and would be helpful to communicate with. Other experienced teachers would be obvious forms of support since they have lots of knowledge they could share about classroom management and most importantly about the specific students. If I'm having trouble with a specific student, it would be nice to have a relationship with other teachers who could provide me more information about that student, like if they are having issues at home that I need to be aware of etc. A mentor is also someone who will provide necessary support as a first year teacher.