What I Do on the 2nd Day of School | High School Teacher Vlog

As a new teacher, I was stressing about seating charts and trying to implement flexible seating in the classroom. Flexible seating can be EXPENSIVE!! I'm relieved to see that even cool teachers start off the year with desks and seating charts.

"Game of thrones was on" 💀

I’m so happy to hear your philosophy on no homework. As a mom and middle school teacher, this makes learning life stress free!

Hahahahah "seizure at the back of a bus". Oh that was a good one lol

I am a new teacher- this will be my second year teaching grade 6. Last year was the most rewarding work I have ever done. I built very strong relationships with my kids and feel that it was by being real with them and because I was myself. I didn’t often need to discipline because we respected each other and often in place of discipline we could poke fun at each other and make light of most situations. I am aware of my newness and sometimes second guessed myself but watching you helps ground me and know to be true to my teaching style of regardless of whether it is different from the norm.

Love the syllabus style. Over half of our students are ELLs and speak a different language at home. That style of syllabus is perfect.

This was very helpful!! Thank you..... I’ll be following your day one and day two routine for sure...I love these ideas.

I love how you keep it real! I find that I relate to you in a lot of ways. I often get called out for my sarcasm skills by my kids in speeches and videos. Have a great school year!

I’m one of your new followers and I can’t be happy enough. Thanks for these videos. I wish I had gotten these tips in my second year as a Middle School teacher. Thank you!

I'm about to start my first year teaching high school English and Theatre and I am so happy I found this channel. Amazing advice and resources. Thank you for doing this!!!

I absolutely love the number seats idea and will definitely be using it when I starting my first year of teaching in a few weeks! I’m so glad I found your videos before I started teaching because I just feel like I’m going to be ahead of the game and skip over a lot of mistakes teachers normally make starting off!

You’re literally incredible!

Great video. Great content. Just started my Master’s in Secondary Education and this video was spot on with the ideas I have been forming for the future. 👍🏻

Hello Mr Reynolds. I am so excited watching your videos. They are so helpful. I am going to teach this year after a long time. Am so excited going back to the classroom

Great suggestions. "You make me write something, you lose the point for that day." 👍I am involved with a 3-week ESL summer school, and this + the seating chart should make things easier for our staff when we run it again next year. Thanks!

AMEN on the homework! Love your view so much. I could spend days on my soapbox about it.

Career changing brand new teacher with ZERO experience and starting in a month. Your videos have been a godsend. I have been watching all of these and I'm finally getting to the point where I can actually draw up a classroom management plan rather than knowing vaguely I need one. Thank you so much!

I love your channel even though I am not a teacher. Just your ideas about keeping the room organized were great! I would never have thought of the row alphabetizing thing, tape on the floor, etc.

Love your style. ✨ Thanks for this.

I love your classroom! I also like how you do your 1st and 2nd days as well as your seating charts! I am going to incorporate some of what I have learned from you (some I was already doing 😊) once I get a classroom again. Thanks for sharing!