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Published On: Dec 27, 2005 07:45 AM
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Published On: Dec 27, 2005 07:45 AM
Homecoming
The sophomore class hall decorations were torn
down 3 times since yesterday. I don't know who did it.
Another assembly today. We wonder if we are here to learn, or to watch cheerleader/dance team types dance.
Insanity of course breaks out only when an administrator is gone. The rest of us do our best to keep peace and to intercept any potential incidents. The classroom across the hall from me threatens mutiny; the teacher is in danger of being overrun as they go out the door. I walk in' those who have been in my class before immediately find a seat. Those who have not figure it out pretty quickly, and find seats.
9 students after school. 3 were not mine but belonged to a colleague. These three and one of mine were making up a lab. One did not leave until 4:45. So, today, i had kids in my face from 7:10 until 4:45. 9.5 hours. Do we wonder why I am a little nuts?
I went to visit a wonderful litter of bull terrier pups after school for a break. i have most honestly never seen such adorable puppies.
When I came back, I prepped for the department meeting tomorrow. It will be just two of us; one colleague is going to Las Vegas until Monday night. The other is thinking that she is a teacher-island; perfect unto her own practice and needing no professional development. Her first comments when I told her what was planned for the department time were to ask whose idea this was and where did the materials come from? I shared with her that they were from the state and developed by National Board Certified teachers and she quieted, at least for the time being. So, tomorrow, we will read through the things a teacher should know and be able to do, and we will look at the continuum and will rate ourselves on the student standards. It will be interesting, but i will NOT go to lunch with her. I need to go to lunch with my friends. I need adult conversation and need to discuss things with competent teachers.
Along those lines, it has come to my attention that another staff member has pissed off our new administrators. I see the transitions of the past year as a time to help everyone on the staff readjust to a new way of working together. I need to put aside my own exhaustion from having no planning period and help others to settle back into their own teaching practice. I need to lift those who are struggling to the bar upheld by the rest of us so that our students may be the best that they can be. I've grown quite fond of them, this past year.
Another assembly today. We wonder if we are here to learn, or to watch cheerleader/dance team types dance.
Insanity of course breaks out only when an administrator is gone. The rest of us do our best to keep peace and to intercept any potential incidents. The classroom across the hall from me threatens mutiny; the teacher is in danger of being overrun as they go out the door. I walk in' those who have been in my class before immediately find a seat. Those who have not figure it out pretty quickly, and find seats.
9 students after school. 3 were not mine but belonged to a colleague. These three and one of mine were making up a lab. One did not leave until 4:45. So, today, i had kids in my face from 7:10 until 4:45. 9.5 hours. Do we wonder why I am a little nuts?
I went to visit a wonderful litter of bull terrier pups after school for a break. i have most honestly never seen such adorable puppies.
When I came back, I prepped for the department meeting tomorrow. It will be just two of us; one colleague is going to Las Vegas until Monday night. The other is thinking that she is a teacher-island; perfect unto her own practice and needing no professional development. Her first comments when I told her what was planned for the department time were to ask whose idea this was and where did the materials come from? I shared with her that they were from the state and developed by National Board Certified teachers and she quieted, at least for the time being. So, tomorrow, we will read through the things a teacher should know and be able to do, and we will look at the continuum and will rate ourselves on the student standards. It will be interesting, but i will NOT go to lunch with her. I need to go to lunch with my friends. I need adult conversation and need to discuss things with competent teachers.
Along those lines, it has come to my attention that another staff member has pissed off our new administrators. I see the transitions of the past year as a time to help everyone on the staff readjust to a new way of working together. I need to put aside my own exhaustion from having no planning period and help others to settle back into their own teaching practice. I need to lift those who are struggling to the bar upheld by the rest of us so that our students may be the best that they can be. I've grown quite fond of them, this past year.
Posted: Thu - October 13, 2005 at 10:39 PM