Welcome to your new role as physics teacher. I hope you will find the suggestions in this column useful as you try to put into practice all the strategies you have learned about teaching. Experienced teachers provide a wealth of ideas to help you develop skills to help your students learn physics. We all want to see you succeed not only at developing your skills as a teacher but also at building a love for the profession that will keep you with us for years to come.
The following suggestions come from Randy Knight, a professor of physics at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, CA. He is the author of Five Easy Lessons: Strategies for Successful Physics Teaching and the new textbook Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach, both published by Addison-Wesley.