History Main / EnthusiasticNewbieTeacher

* In ''Anne of Avonlea'', Anne started her teaching career (one-room schoolhouse schoolmarm) with lots of enthusiasm and noble ideas. She would encourage every child to learn, make every child love learning, and of course never ever whip her students to punish them (19th century Canada, FYI, and by "whip" they mean whacking away at the bottom or wrists with a stick, not a literal whip. This would be a common school punishment well into the 20th century.) Of course there was one student who refused to behave or obey her because he was raised by a misogynist father. Eventually she snapped and whipped him. Of course this made him respect her.

* In ''Anne of Avonlea'', Anne started her teaching career (one-room schoolhouse schoolmarm) with lots of enthusiasm and noble ideas. She would encourage every child to learn, make every child love learning, and of course never ever whip her students to punish them (19th century Canada, FYI, and by "whip" they mean whacking away at the bottom or wrists with a stick, not a literal whip). Of course there was one student who refused to behave or obey her because he was raised by a misogynist father. Eventually she snapped and whipped him. Of course this made him respect her

* This trope is ruthlessly parodied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBQ5YILNGXE this]] ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch featuring Creator/LinManuelMiranda as a substitute teacher for some rowdy teens. He uses every single cliche in the book--saying that Shakespeare was "the greatest rapper of all time," repeatedly claiming that he's on the kids' side and doesn't like the administration, and assuming that a quiet girl is secretly struggling with illiteracy. It turns out that he's a failed actor trying to break into teaching. The problem? The teens [[GenreSavvy know all of these tropes]]--apparently every substitute tries them--and repeatedly defuse his efforts to be cool, lamenting that they just want to ''learn'' for once. Oh, and the quiet girl isn't illiterate--she's just not talking because she's stunned by the substitute's total failure ("I'm ashamed and embarrassed for you").

This type of teacher contrasts with the ApatheticTeacher or JadedProfessional who has become jaded over the years and the SternTeacher who has learned to act tough towards their students. As a result, in SaveOurStudents works this teacher will be the one doing the "saving" while their less enthusiastic counterparts serve as their {{foil}}.

* Much of the humor in ''Series/AbbottElementary'' is the contrast between idealistic and perky young 20-somethings Janine and Gregory, who have only been teaching at the titular underfunded public school for a couple years, and the more cynical and experienced older teachers Melissa and Barbara, who know from years of disappointment that the public school system will do them no favors. However, all the teachers love their students and teaching, and do their best with the resources they have.

New teachers are also the most likely to end up {{Cool Teacher}}s and their closeness in age and friendliness to their students can lead to them being a PsychologistTeacher. Also, due to their youth and approachableness Enthusiastic Newbie Teachers are most likely to be {{Hot Teacher}}s who are [[TeacherStudentRomance fawned over by students]] and [[TeacherParentRomance their parents]].

* ''Series/Room222'': Karen Valentine's character of Alice Johnson, the English teacher, during the early seasons of this ABC comedy-drama from the early 1970s set at a Los Angeles high school. She went from doing her student teaching in the first season to a first-year teacher during the second year to eventually a seasoned teacher by the fifth and final season. She was a popular teacher because of her enthusiasm for teaching and learning, and her ability to connect with students, most of them not too much younger than she was (especially early in the run).

* Ms. Marino from ''Literature/{{Parrotfish}}'' is a first year Spanish teacher. Grady notes that she's anxious to have her students approval, so she takes to his {{transgender}}-related name change with more ease than most of his other teachers.

* Negi Springfield of ''Anime/MahouSenseiNegima'' is an interesting case in that he was assigned by his Magic Academy in Wales to be a teacher in Japan, and of an junior high all girls class at that. Considering he's ''ten years old'', he naturally has a boatload of enthusiasm to teach girls that are actually older than him (some of which are [[OlderThanTheyLook several times older than him]]). Thanks to being an AdorablyPrecociousChild, most of the class warms up to him immediately though it takes some time before they start taking him seriously.

* Kimberly Woods in Season 3 of ''Series/BostonPublic''.
* ''Series/BadEducation'': Alfie Wickers strives to be this to varying degrees of success. While some students warm up to him (with one even trying to seduce him), others can't stand his high-energy personality and ludicrous schemes.
** Deconstructed in the final episode, as Alfie struggles to come to terms with the fact that his first class are all moving on and will be replaced with new students. He considers quitting teaching and bursts into tears at the end of the final day, but in the end stays on as a teacher.

Just out of their own schooling, the Enthusiastic Newbie Teacher is a 20-something year old first year who has idealistic, sometimes even naive, viewpoints on education. They're eager to teach students and have little-to-no experience with the teaching career.

* Laney Lewis in ''Series/{{Schooled}}'' is forced back first to her home town and then to take a junior teaching job at her old high school after her dreams of fame and fortune evaporate. To her surprise, she finds herself enjoying being a music teacher. Old hands in the teachers' lounge, many of whom remember trying to teach Laney, are cynical about this and warn her the inital rush of enthusiasm does not last. And even Laney finds her young colleague CB's enthusiasm for the job to be wearying. CB is a fairly new teacher who believes in relating to the kids and trying to make his lessons interesting; but the shine goes off his enthusiam for the job when he is landed with the task of teaching sex-ed to a class full of teenage boys. In fact, a little weary cynicism starts to creep in...

* This trope is ruthlessly parodied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBQ5YILNGXE this]] ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch featuring Creator/LinManuelMiranda as a substitute teacher for some rowdy teens. He uses every single cliche in the book--saying that Shakespeare was "the greatest rapper of all time," repeatedly claiming that he's on the kids' side and doesn't like the administration, and assumes that a quiet girl is secretly struggling with illiteracy. It turns out that he's a failed actor trying to break into teaching. The problem? All of the teens [[GenreSavvy know all of these tropes]]--apparently every substitute tries them--and repeatedly defuse his efforts to be cool, lamenting that they just want to ''learn'' for once. Oh, and the quiet girl isn't illiterate--she's just not talking because she's stunned by the substitute's total failure.

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* Anna Cordero from the podcast ''Podcast/{{SAYER}}''. An [[ArtificialIntelligence AI]] development team hires Anna, an idealistic young elementary school teacher, to come and be a mentor to their newest prototype, since all of the current members are too jaded and experienced to be good role models.

* In ''Anime/Danganronpa3'', Chisa Yukizome becomes the homeroom teacher of 77-B soon after her own graduation from Hope Peak's Academy. Yukizome's enthusiasm contrasts the the lack of thereof of her students and she tries her best to encourage them and play part in class activities. They eventually warm up to her. Notably, Yukizome's own talent isn't being a teacher, but a housekeeper, so she often wears an apron over her suit.

* In ''Anime/Danganronpa3'', Chisa Yukizome becomes the homeroom teacher of 77-B soon after her own graduation from Hope Peak's Academy. Yukizome's enthusiasm contrasts the the lack of thereof of her students and she tries her best to encourage them and play part in class activities. They eventually warm up to her. Notably, Yukizome's own talent isn't being a teacher, but a housekeeper.

New teachers are also the most likely to end up {{Cool Teacher}}s and their closeness in age and friendliness to their students can lead the to being a PsychologistTeacher. Also, due to their youth and approachableness Enthusiastic Newbie Teachers are most likely to be {{Hot Teacher}}s who are [[TeacherStudentRomance fawned over by students]] and [[TeacherParentRomance their parents]].