Well, this has been an interesting beginning of the year! We are 3 weeks in and so many changes already! I still teach two grade levels (6th & 7th), but not for long! I prayed for an influx of young people to descend upon our zoning area to hopefully lessen my load of students, and my prayers have been answered! I found out about two weeks ago that I teach a total of 186 students!! More than any other content area teacher in the building!!! No wonder I was feeling overwhelmed! They have hired a new science teacher to help take some of the students from 6th grade, so next week I will be teaching 7th grade only! I'm not really sure if I'm THAT excited :/
Since this class is my 3rd, I can say that time really has gone by fast. The summer courses flew by and I thought it was because it was summer. But this class has also flown by very quickly. I feel overwhelmed at times and I have to take a step back and regroup my thoughts so I can logically finish and turn in an assignment. The Mid-Term Exam really worried me!! It wasn't until I read the information about using notes and reviewing the slides that I felt a little better. It wasn't difficult because, thankfully, I had already looked over and read much of the research and slides from each week.
This past week's web conference is the first one I have been able to attend due to the time each session has been scheduled. Saturday mornings at 9am and Sunday evenings at 6pm just seem to be busy in my house! This past Sunday I was able to hide in my bedroom and log on to the site.
Here's what I learned on the chat this week:
We need to submit our Assignment 4 to Tk20 by Oct. 1st as a FILE. That is helpful! The last time I had so much trouble. It was nice to see the comments from classmates about calling the Tk20 office and having them walk you through the steps to make sure you turn things in correctly.
While discussing the various projects of classmates, I was able to jot down a few websites to check out and a few community-partnership organizations to share with my campus. Since we are brand new our district has set partnerships, but our principal is looking for ideas of how we can "make our mark" and show the other schools in the district "how exceptional we are" and how we utilizes our resources around us.
The last but not least important bit of information I gathered from the web chat was the information about ILD and the note about looking at Region 4 service center. I was concerned that I literally wouldn't have time to take this ordeal on this semester and it's nice knowing I won't have to just yet! Small steps - I keep telling myself! Take small steps and complete bits at a time and it doesn't seem overwhelming!!
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