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As a new teacher, what can I expect for the first day of school? Should I worry if something does not go as planned? 

As new teacher anything could go wrong specially through out the first year but its important to reflect on thing that you could improve on. We will be learning something new about our profession ever day that will make us better teachers. Also learning and working together with your colleagues will make the learning process easier. 

For the first day of school you can pretty much expect student and teacher introductions where everyone gets to know each other. There are many fun activities to do the first day or first week of school for example you can have your classroom come up with their own rules and procedures to follow. As a new teacher you can always count with support of other teachers and faculty to help you along when needed. Don't worry, you got this!

I think that as a new teacher, it will be normal to be nervous, but our students will be too, so I think we should relax a bit so that our students do too. I feel that the first day should be fun to 'break the ice'' with our students and feel that during the school year, they can trust us to ask us future questions or express their concerns with us and be able to help them. On the first day, you can work on having students introduce themselves in front of the class and we can learn more about them such as fun facts or their likes and preferences. As well as, that they have the freedom to propose the rules of the classroom and the procedures that they will do every day so that everyone agrees on what their obligations will be. Finally, introduce each subject or matter that they will see during the school year or semester but in a brief way so that they do not feel pressured as we have felt. If something happens that you did not have foreseen, I think the best decision is to consult with the other teachers around you so that they support you or advise you since they have more experience and thus we, as new teachers, can learn from them. Mainly, we shouldn't feel bad as we still have a lot to learn in practice.