Hello! It's been a month and a few days! But so much has happened in that time! I went to (and survived, which is the most important part) New Teacher Orientation.
NTO = 6 days of grueling and non-interactive days where you sit at a student desk for 4-7 hours staring at your computer trying to develop your curriculum calendar. Only to learn on the last day that you need to make sure it matches/follows the other teachers of your content.
Teacher Week = meetings, meetings, meetings! Granted, we did get a LOT of time in our classrooms (moreso than I even got at the private school), but still quite the numerous amount of meetings.
Classroom Reveal Pictures - I will have to add these when I get home. I am currently sitting in the car at my sister's barn while she has her horseback lesson. Horses are not my thing, so I'll sit here draining my cell phone battery and data that just started for the two hours that she has her lesson!
First Week - I survived! It was quite the experience. I had kind of forgotten what it was like to have 19+ students in a classroom. I have 29 in my homeroom, 19 and 38 in my two 7th grade classes and 25 and 26 in my two 8th grade classes.
Now - We are two weeks in. We have a short week this week of only 3 days. I know probably 35% of their names, but I could pick out every one of them in a crowd. I definitely a face person. I am getting use to my crazy schedule. For now, 3 days a week I follow the 7th grade schedule and 2 days a week I follow the 8th grade schedule. It messes with the kids too because their classes flip flop. I'll get there...eventually!
I will update more soon. But this should hold for now.
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