Hello blogger world!
I have definitely been missing in action, but this time I like to think it's for good reason. I have been so busy at school, that I find it hard to stay awake at night, let alone communicate with friends and family I should be talking to and update the blog. I really do enjoy blogging though, so I need to be sure to make it a priority.
So, the reason I have been so busy is because of my new, wonderful, and exausting job. I am loving my students, I am loving the staff I work with, and I am loving the fact that I feel like it is challenging me and making me a better teacher. Still, I worry a lot that I am not doing things correctly or that I am not being as effective as possible. I know there is always room for improvement, I am just hoping that I have a normal amount of room. Somedays I feel like I'm getting no where. Other days and lessons I feel like went really well and my students are getting it. There are definitely great teaching days and bad teaching days. I need to learn to shake of the bad ones and learn from them. That is just something that has proved harder for me to do than I thought it would.
I feel like I will get into the groove a little more, and then I am sure that I will feel like I am having more successful days than struggling days. I LOVE my job, I just want to make sure I'm good at it!
Amy, I think every new teacher, particularly those in challenging schools, feels like that. I have no doubt you have the "normal amount of room" to improve. I also think that learning to shake off the bad days is really hard for all teachers! At least for the good ones.
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Just read my blog from my time teaching in Charlotte... I had more than the normal amount of room to grow even after two years at my school! :)
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