Without knowing more about your life and experiences, it is impossible to answer this question exactly. Instead, I will attempt to help you answer this question by showing you how I would answer it if someone posed this to me.
When I first began teaching, I was overwhelmed. I had no teaching experience, I had to teach five different classes, and I had less than a week to review the material before school began. The first year was difficult. I struggled in many aspects of teaching, and parents constantly complained about my classes (teaching style, grades, etc.) to the administration.
Nevertheless, my administrative team was incredibly supportive during this time. They did not "throw me to the wolves," because they knew that they could not expect me to exemplify the characteristics of a master teacher during my first year. Rather, they set manageable goals for me and helped me achieve them; they viewed my development as a long-term process. Consequently, I remained confident and hopeful, and my teaching ability improved throughout the year (and continues to improve the longer I teach).
Other administrators I have encountered are willing to make a teacher a scapegoat if parents complain, rather than trying to help him or her achieve success. This has made me realize that the administrative team I encountered when I began teaching handled the situation in a correct way.
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