Last year was crazy, as is common in teaching. I changed schools, the school had many of it's own changes, and life interfered with blogging.
This year may be no different, but I hope to post once in a while! Upcoming:
I am moving to a portable (change is the name of the game when it comes to teaching!), but I am keeping my grade level.
I have a full group of candidates to facilitate/mentor for National Board Teacher Certification.
I need to start the renewal process for my own NBTC.
My son is moving schools/districts and is in Middle School!
I am retiring one service dog and am training the replacement.
And that is just for starters.
Summer is hardly a vacation. Many of us take workshops, work on certificate renewal, catch up with our lives with things we cannot do during the school year, and/or work a second job. With so much going on, how do we reflect on our teaching and make changes to our practice? We make time. Teachers are very skilled at cramming 26 hours worth of activities into a 24 hour day.
So, as I reflect this summer, I am thinking of what went well with my big move last year, what do I want to change, and how will I change it. It's hard to predict what the new class will be like. I can look at a classlist and talk to previous teachers, but students (like us) change over the summer. I can only hope that the work I do this summer, will bear fruit in the coming school year.
Until then, enjoy the summer-no matter what you are doing.
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