Dear New Teachers: Five Pieces of Advice

Dear new teachers (and those who were once new),

I am writing this letter to you first of all to say . . . Congratulations! You have begun your journey in one of the most important professions around. But, as you are probably aware, it is also a very challenging one! Recently, I had the…

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Christy Thompson
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