There is no situation quite similar as getting up in front of the class alone for the first time. The only thing I can comparably relate it to is putting on a performance- memorizing your lines, accounting for other contributions to play (actors, audience, etc.)- but even this is a far fetched metaphor....
For me, when I got up in front of the classroom, everything kind of went out the window. Remembering the students names; I couldn't remember my own! Talk about a deer in the headlights.
As time went on, I noticed a correlation between how scattered my thoughts were and how prepared I was for the lesson: the less prepared I was, the more nervous I was ( and still am). While this may seem obvious, sometimes as a teacher, you can end up teaching a lesson last minute, thinking that you will be fine as you "sort-of" remember learning this in high school school.
So my point, be prepared! Even if this means talking through your thoughts in the mirror or recording yourself on Imovie and watching it right after to see what you look like. Or, you could read my next blog on lesson plans....
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