First Day
Tomorrow is my first official paid day. I've probably put in 500o already, but tomorrow I start earing some cashola. Although I won't actually get any money in my greedy little hand until the middle of September.
We have to go to the high school in the morning for some kind of teacher pep talk. I've been told to sit up front so that I can be acknowledged along with the other newbies. I've been promised I will not have to stand individually or say anything. After that we will have a meeting at our school and then hopefully can work on our classrooms a little more.
I have a big long list of things I want to do before class starts on Tuesday. Rather than get shorter, the list seems to keep growing. The only thing that I absolutely have to do is hang up my rules, the rest can wait if it has to.
I noticed that I seem to be getting less and less work done as the first day of class gets closer. There's always someone coming into my room to discuss something with me.
I met my mentor, who will help decide if I should have my contract renewed next year. She'll also help me with my praxis III so that I won't have to worry about getting my license renewed. I met the custodians and timidly asked for some help.
I met the interpreter for one of my students. She will be with him in every class and normally I don't like having another teacher/adult in the room with me, but I think this will work out OK. She seems very nice and offered to help me grade papers or do whatever, when she isn't signing for the student. I was excited because I had already planned to incorporate some sign language into the class. I am going to have students show me the sign for "R" when the want to use the rest room. I'm trying to do whatever I can to cut down on all the distractions that occur every day.
I also met the intervention specialist and she happens to be another new hire. There are a few in the building and they're all younger than me, but with more experience. They all have their rooms way more decorated than mine. I really played up my experience as a middle school teacher during my interview and I'd like to think that they hired me knowing I wouldn't be one of those teachers doing all that cutesy little stuff.
I told Gary he has my permission to slip me a sleeping pill tomorrow because I will be a wreck and unable to sleep and driving him insane.
We have to go to the high school in the morning for some kind of teacher pep talk. I've been told to sit up front so that I can be acknowledged along with the other newbies. I've been promised I will not have to stand individually or say anything. After that we will have a meeting at our school and then hopefully can work on our classrooms a little more.
I have a big long list of things I want to do before class starts on Tuesday. Rather than get shorter, the list seems to keep growing. The only thing that I absolutely have to do is hang up my rules, the rest can wait if it has to.
I noticed that I seem to be getting less and less work done as the first day of class gets closer. There's always someone coming into my room to discuss something with me.
I met my mentor, who will help decide if I should have my contract renewed next year. She'll also help me with my praxis III so that I won't have to worry about getting my license renewed. I met the custodians and timidly asked for some help.
I met the interpreter for one of my students. She will be with him in every class and normally I don't like having another teacher/adult in the room with me, but I think this will work out OK. She seems very nice and offered to help me grade papers or do whatever, when she isn't signing for the student. I was excited because I had already planned to incorporate some sign language into the class. I am going to have students show me the sign for "R" when the want to use the rest room. I'm trying to do whatever I can to cut down on all the distractions that occur every day.
I also met the intervention specialist and she happens to be another new hire. There are a few in the building and they're all younger than me, but with more experience. They all have their rooms way more decorated than mine. I really played up my experience as a middle school teacher during my interview and I'd like to think that they hired me knowing I wouldn't be one of those teachers doing all that cutesy little stuff.
I told Gary he has my permission to slip me a sleeping pill tomorrow because I will be a wreck and unable to sleep and driving him insane.
posted by Mrs.B at 4:04 PM
1 Comments:
I'm one of the oldest staff members where I work...I guess dealing with our students leads to an early retirement.
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