Had my first week of school, and I am feeling really exhausted. Meeting after meeting, new names and faces, and finding my way around a gigantic campus has been overwhelming to say the least. To top it all, as teachers at this school, we are required to submit weekly lessons to our coordinators and download these into the school's server. This is so the administrators can see what we are teaching everyday, at the specific time. We also have to include which benchmarks each of our lessons is hitting. This is almost unheard of in the states, but I have no problem doing it. Despite making my work work that much more busy, this process will keep me on my toes. Subbing for the past 4 years has made me very spoiled in the sense that I have never had to do any of this. However, years of subbing has allowed me to see dozens of classrooms on which to model my own. Bit by bit my classroom is coming together, and it will continue to be a "work in progress" as the the year rolls on.
Monday is supply day, where I will meet my students as they come in with their parents and all of the materials they will need for the year. Unfortunately, I am required to stay in my room all day and cannot leave to prep for the week, or ask questions of my collaborative team. I just hope that my students come in sooner rather than later. One of my team teachers said, "The morning starts off great, but by noon, you're not happy anymore and just want to be alone." We'll see how I do. I'm sure the parents are gonna grill me on every little detail, from "How long have you been teaching?", to "What did you have for breakfast this morning?" All to be expected I suppose.
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