I have had a little bit of stage fright first time in front of a new class for some time. Of late, this has not been much of an issue. I noticed that by having a good plan of attack if you will, when I step into a new course things seem to line up a little better when I explain the course objectives to the students, there seems to be a respect factor there that puts me at ease and we can get on to what's important at hand, and that's their education, not my fears. By doing additional research on the subject matter seems to of helped get the tension between the students and myself out of the way, this has become better for me and the students.