As the title says. I am beyond nervous. Excited, but nervous. This 8 week course is more like an after-school club at an arts and music center, so it’s not a huge deal or anything, and I think I’ll only have 2-4 students. I love D&D and I’ve been playing 5e for around 10 years. It’s one of my biggest hobbies and I spend a lot of time playing and DMing for it. I guess my true goal with this entire thing is to introduce kids to the wonderful world of TTRPGs and help them bring out their inner nerds.
I am super nervous because I’ve never taught a class before. I was an aide in a public elementary school for a little bit last year, and my husband is an elementary school teacher, so all I really understand right now is that teaching is usually hell. My supervisor tried to reassure me by pointing out that the kids who are signing up for my class are nerds who will WANT to be there to have fun.
I just wanna do a good job. I wanna show them that TTRPGs are super great. It’s a great way to learn teamwork, it bolsters story-telling (and writing) skills, it exercises the critical thinking skills in your brain, and it’s a great way to connect with a community of other fun and nerdy people. Having never taught before and not working with youth super often, I’m nervous, and I think it’s just because “new = scary” in my mind.
Do you have any tips?? Maybe from any other D&D teachers, or maybe parents who have taught their kiddos how to play?
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r/DnD As the title says. I am beyond nervous. Excited, but nervous. This 8 week course is more like an after-school club at an arts and music center, so it’s not a huge deal or anything, and I think I’ll only have 2-4 students. I love D&D and I’ve been playing 5e for around 10 years. It’s one of my biggest hobbies and I spend a lot of time playing and DMing for it. I guess my true goal with this entire thing is to introduce kids to the wonderful world of TTRPGs and help them bring out their inner nerds. I am super nervous because I’ve never taught a class before. I was an aide in a public elementary school for a little bit last year, and my husband is an elementary school teacher, so all I really understand right now is that teaching is usually hell. My supervisor tried to reassure me by pointing out that the kids who are signing up for my class are nerds who will WANT to be there to have fun. I just wanna do a good job. I wanna show them that TTRPGs are super great. It’s a great way to learn teamwork, it bolsters story-telling (and writing) skills, it exercises the critical thinking skills in your brain, and it’s a great way to connect with a community of other fun and nerdy people. Having never taught before and not working with youth super often, I’m nervous, and I think it’s just because “new = scary” in my mind. Do you have any tips?? Maybe from any other D&D teachers, or maybe parents who have taught their kiddos how to play? submitted by /u/Sm0lBean000 [link] [comments]
As the title says. I am beyond nervous. Excited, but nervous. This 8 week course is more like an after-school club at an arts and music center, so it’s not a huge deal or anything, and I think I’ll only have 2-4 students. I love D&D and I’ve been playing 5e for around 10 years. It’s one of my biggest hobbies and I spend a lot of time playing and DMing for it. I guess my true goal with this entire thing is to introduce kids to the wonderful world of TTRPGs and help them bring out their inner nerds.
I am super nervous because I’ve never taught a class before. I was an aide in a public elementary school for a little bit last year, and my husband is an elementary school teacher, so all I really understand right now is that teaching is usually hell. My supervisor tried to reassure me by pointing out that the kids who are signing up for my class are nerds who will WANT to be there to have fun.
I just wanna do a good job. I wanna show them that TTRPGs are super great. It’s a great way to learn teamwork, it bolsters story-telling (and writing) skills, it exercises the critical thinking skills in your brain, and it’s a great way to connect with a community of other fun and nerdy people. Having never taught before and not working with youth super often, I’m nervous, and I think it’s just because “new = scary” in my mind.
Do you have any tips?? Maybe from any other D&D teachers, or maybe parents who have taught their kiddos how to play?
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