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Field trips went ok.
Yesterday's I had an awesome man volunteer. He took charge of my two peskiest kids and kept them under control. Which I am ever grateful of that.
Todays was not so good. I had another male volunteer, but instead of being a help was just like another kid. Not only did he not help, but he even stuck around in the class. Which was NOT good. I was there trying to teach the science lesson and he kept talking to the students. He was passing notes and basically being an annoyance. The worst part was that I had another mother there, and I've been getting along with her pretty well. BUT she got to see the class at it's worst. I hope she understood it was because of this man, because I usually do have more control than that.
Then I worked til 5:30 today. We are getting a visit from the state next week and they'll be observing us in the classroom. Which isn't that big of a deal, except that I finally have my Smart Board working. Usually my principal etc understand that I just got it, that I still don't have too much stuff on it. So eventhough I've been integrating it slowly into my lessons they get it that I'm still feeling it out. BUT people coming in from outside the school, will just see a teacher who isn't using this wonderful resource. So it took me 3 hours to get half of the day onto the Smart Board. *sigh*
We also had a meeting and we were informed that our district is cutting down on teachers. Our school stands to lose 3 teachers. These teawchers aren't going to lose their jobs, but they are going to be transferred to another school. AND our own classes are going to explode. As things are right now, there are 5 third grade teachers just because it is such a large group. Next year, the four of us will have to deal with that whole group. So we're looking at classes that have 28-29 students. That's not going to be fun. At least I get to stay. But last year two teachers left because of the numbers. Next year, three teachers are going to leave. As time passes, the teachers who came in after me are becoming less and less. I think that after these three leave there are only 3 teachers left and then my own number is up. EEK!
Maybe it's not such a great idea to buy a house. :-/
Yesterday's I had an awesome man volunteer. He took charge of my two peskiest kids and kept them under control. Which I am ever grateful of that.
Todays was not so good. I had another male volunteer, but instead of being a help was just like another kid. Not only did he not help, but he even stuck around in the class. Which was NOT good. I was there trying to teach the science lesson and he kept talking to the students. He was passing notes and basically being an annoyance. The worst part was that I had another mother there, and I've been getting along with her pretty well. BUT she got to see the class at it's worst. I hope she understood it was because of this man, because I usually do have more control than that.
Then I worked til 5:30 today. We are getting a visit from the state next week and they'll be observing us in the classroom. Which isn't that big of a deal, except that I finally have my Smart Board working. Usually my principal etc understand that I just got it, that I still don't have too much stuff on it. So eventhough I've been integrating it slowly into my lessons they get it that I'm still feeling it out. BUT people coming in from outside the school, will just see a teacher who isn't using this wonderful resource. So it took me 3 hours to get half of the day onto the Smart Board. *sigh*
We also had a meeting and we were informed that our district is cutting down on teachers. Our school stands to lose 3 teachers. These teawchers aren't going to lose their jobs, but they are going to be transferred to another school. AND our own classes are going to explode. As things are right now, there are 5 third grade teachers just because it is such a large group. Next year, the four of us will have to deal with that whole group. So we're looking at classes that have 28-29 students. That's not going to be fun. At least I get to stay. But last year two teachers left because of the numbers. Next year, three teachers are going to leave. As time passes, the teachers who came in after me are becoming less and less. I think that after these three leave there are only 3 teachers left and then my own number is up. EEK!
Maybe it's not such a great idea to buy a house. :-/