A friend shared this picture with me and I thought it was hilarious! Only in Kansas...
"Hey, Toto... Can you say Blizzard of Oz?!
Anyway, after our meeting, we gathered as a whole school and met. On our in-service day we also had the pleasure of grading persuasive writing assessments which was excellent practice! I'm thankful for all of my experiences student teaching thus far.
While interviewing on Monday, the principal was looking at my resume, and I was glancing at it and -- wow! It's amazing to think of all the things that have been accomplished within my four years of college. My Co-op experiences, work history/teaching experiences made my resume look great, and the principal was pleased with it, too. On the bright side, there are many exciting things coming up! I will finally be able to start my Urban Legends paper/project lesson when we return back from our break and I am so excited to finally get started on it. My freshmen are almost done reading Animal Farm and will be reviewing and testing on it when we return. My AVID students are also doing a research project, and we will begin reviewing Outlines, etc. soon. It feels good to know that I get the opportunity to do what I love everyday for the rest of my life. I have surely learned that teaching is difficult, and I know there will be many more obstacles to come my way, but I am flexible and willing to do what is necessary for the sake of my students.
As I stay snowed in tomorrow, I plan on getting a lovely head start on my KPTP, and adjusting my lesson plans for the week to come. I hope to finally finish The Hobbit which has been an excellent leisure read, and study more for an upcoming test. In between all of my proactive behaviors, I would love to take a nice, long cat-nap. I hope you all enjoy your snowed in days.
Live long and prosper, folks!
Ms. Aden
Snow days can be great, but it just means we have to readjust our plans, which can sometimes be a pain. Sometimes that means shortening some lessons or taking them out completly. Good luck with deciding which lessons have to be shortened.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I hope you get the job, there are real advantages to teaching in a small community, you get to build that rapport with your students and the families. There is also the postive of smaller classes. My high school was not that small, but it was nice that my teachers knew who I was and could tell when I was struggling.
With a blizzard bearing down on us, I have no idea how you can relax! I know you are staying productive, but I worry about all this lost time. It’s completely different for us as opposed to the teachers who don’t have to worry about KPTP and graduating.
ReplyDeleteAs for your job interview, I am sure you will do well at any school. I do wonder what it would be like to teach in such a small school. While it might be nice, I think I might not fit in. You on the other hand would do well. But you never know where you’ll end up. Here is something to think about though, a supervisor once told me, “Bloom where you’re planted”. Wherever you end up teaching, “Bloom where you’re planted”.
I always think you blogs look so professional, with the pictures and all that jazz!
ReplyDeleteI'm excited for you to get a job and start teaching and it would be so fun to be the only English teacher in your department! Oh the possibilities!!
I was also interested to see that you in-service day had some similar topics brought up. And work away on your KPTP, I'll keep you in mind when I start to waver on working on my KPTP and starting that video game I have been looking forward to! Haha!!
I think I would love to teach in a small school. I love how that would really give you an opportunity to get to know your students and their families and to really be part of a community. But, being the only English teacher would be a challenge. I'm assuming you would have at least four preps, maybe more. Also, not having a department to work with would be a challenge, but you would have the other teachers at the school. I would think that you would have wonderful opportunities to collaborate across subjects. I think you could really get some great projects going with the students and it would be easier to keep track of what everyone is doing and contributing.
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ReplyDeleteI have the same worries! I am writing my KPTP on the uint I am currently teaching, and so far I am a week and four days behind. WOW! I have no idea what to do, but I'll have to think on my toes and get everything in this three day week.
I also hope I continue to get a lot for in-services. I loved the last one we had, and it made me so excited to be a part of faculty and be discussing next year's plans with all the teachers I work with.