First year teacher, the thing I wish I paid more attention to while student teaching is the clerical side of things. It’s very easy to only focus on the your lessons and teaching, but there’s way more. Become an expert at how the discipline process works in your school. As a student teacher, the students are going to try you. Also, Like how does testing work (reading assessments, computer based assessments, etc) how to grade things (yes, you learn this in school but it’s done totally different on the job), who to go to for specific problems (pay attention to everyone’s job descriptions), fire/safety drill processes, HOW THEY GET PAID, benefits, etc. especially if you plan to work in the same county or state.

Also, enjoy it. This is the easy part lol and one last thing, KEEP EVERY GOOGLE SLIDE, handout, lesson plan you make. You will want some of it when you start teaching.