Sean started school four weeks ago...four! And this year there is a new teacher hired for Sean's department who is actually brand-spanking new. He is doing his credential student-teaching as a paid teacher. Sean was asked to work with the university credential program to be the mentor teacher...which meant Sean's wife had to gather a gift for this wonderful brand-spanking new teacher.
We brainstormed some essentials...good kleenex (not the cheap stuff that starts to hurt your nose), a big bottle of hand sanitizer, some Ibuprofen for headaches, some mint gum to wake up, some blue painter's tape to hang things up around the classroom, a couple of baskets to help organize a desk drawer, and nice blue pens to sign IEPs. Sean has learned that using blue always helps him quickly realize where any original forms are.
I used a cute lunch box note digital kit to make a couple of tags...
Thankfully this brand new teacher didn't think Sean's wife was too cheesy and he is already a terrific addition to a great department of teachers.
I put together a sheet of the tags since they work for any teachers brand new or totally old (like Sean), you can download them here... First Day of School Teacher Gift Tags
