I made it. Barely. Ha ha, today was my first day of teaching. It went pretty well. It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. It's really weird that I am finally a teacher. I have only wanted to be two things in my life: Celine Dion or a teacher. I went with the more secure choice. I think it was the right one.
Even though I feel that I made the right choice career-wise, I think I made a couple of mistakes today:
1. I let the students choose their own seats, which ended up being a bad choice because all the boys sat together and all the girls sat together. I had to adjust accordingly.
2. COMMUNITY SUPPLIES! Stupid. I thought they could share some supplies, like pencils, folders, erasers, etc. But I also collected their folders and notebooks, thinking I could re-distribute the folders so that each student would have a yellow folder for one subject, a red for another, etc. I didn't take into consideration all of the Hannah Montana, Spiderman, and Chuck Norris (yes, Chuck Norris) folders I would get. A bunch of wasted time for a dumb plan. Oh well. You teach, you learn.
3. Poor time management. I thought things would take a little less time, but I suppose that it's good because I can use leftover activities for tomorrow.
Other problems I encountered were out of my hands. They changed my recess schedule after I had already sent my kids out. Then, there was no bell or whistle or other indication that recess was over, so when I went to pick up my kids most of them were still playing. Finally, at the end of the day I had duty at the parking lot. They did not give me a vest, a clipboard, or instructions, so I just walked around and waved my arms and acted like I knew what I was doing. I think I looked important. Or something.
Anyways, thanks for listening to my ramblings. Now I must go to bed.
About Me
- Doug and Amanda
- It's been 10 amazing years together! We now have a beautiful baby girl. Doug works as an "immunochemistry staff scientist" at a biotech company. Amanda is enjoying her job as a third grade teacher. Our pup, Charlie keeps us busy and entertained!
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8 comments:
What grade are you teaching? Good luck!
Oops, forgot to say that I'm teaching third. Thanks for the luck!
Congrats to you! I am so proud of you, and now that the first day is over, it is all down hill from here. ;)
Don't poke people with your pencil.
Yeah; and don't rap anyone on the head either! (There's a story to that: ask me!) Anyway, I'm sure you are a great teacher! I am so proud of you as well. Keep up the good work. XXOO Love, Mom
Hey girl congratulations with the new teaching gig...I wish I had a teacher like you when I was in school. Don't sweat the little things though you'll get them all ironed out soon and everyone will wanna be in your class..
Love Melissa
wow you finally have a "real job" I think you will get the hang of it. It's not like you've taught before. Good luck on the rest of the year!
Good luck with teaching!! 3rd grade, that's a pretty fun age.
haha i love all your ideas they were so great in theory I probably would have done the same things about those notebooks. and make that kid with the chuck norris notebook your favorite. I like him already ahahahah
but on a side note i think you can be celene dion AND a teacher. how fun!!!
take pictures of your classroom!!! what school are you at?
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