Create your personal strategy for conduct management within the classroom. Develop methods for reinforcing positive behavior and managing negative behavior consistently. Talk to your colleagues about strategies that have worked for them and integrate their advice into your personal strategy.
Determine how you will engage your students when setting up a lesson plan. Develop a content communication strategy with a focus on increasing student comprehension. Set up regular ways of evaluating student progress with pop quizzes, tests and classroom discussion.
Consider your role as a teacher and what boundaries you want to set between you and your students. Set clear expectations for how you want your students to behave in your classroom. Determine how you will adapt to the culture of your student community and strengthen the connection between the larger community outside your school and your students.
Determine how you will communicate with students. Consider communicating your expectations at the beginning of the first class and consistently reinforcing the same at regular intervals. Evaluate whether you will need to have one-on-one meetings with each student during the course of the semester.