That person in charge of that classroom, who kids are looking up to, needs to be a nurturer and a caregiver, a counselor and a relationship guru.
No professional feels completely prepared on her first day of work, but while a new lawyer might work under the tutelage of a seasoned partner, a first-year teacher usually takes charge of her classroom from the very first day.
Unlike the work environments of other professionals -- lawyers, doctors, accountants, architects, psychologists -- the adult in charge of a classroom cannot freely go to the bathroom, make a phone call, glance at a newspaper, chat with colleagues, visit the water cooler or have a cup of coffee except at predetermined times, and in many public schools only once a day.
Sponsors talk of how professors and students are now sitting ducks for the next deranged gunman to charge through the classroom door.
Campaign gets underway Elizabeth Chifuna, the Nursing Sister in charge in the classroom, braces herself for another busy afternoon.
As such, it is important to decide what norms you are comfortable enforcing as the instructor in charge of your classroom.
Years ago, when I was temporarily put in charge of a classroom, I was obliged to forcefully remind one of the pupils what kind of behaviour was and wasn't acceptable in the classroom.
Khaushaliya and 46 other girls staying at the Residential Bridge Centre, or RBC, wash their own clothes and dishes, and are in charge of cleaning up the classroom where they all both sleep and study.
"You can have all the confidence in the world as a teacher, but it's pretty overwhelming to suddenly be in charge of a classroom," she said.
A lot of the exams pupils were sitting "were not up to scratch" said a former headteacher who is now in charge of overseeing classroom standards in England.
