Today I feel overwhelmed. School is about to start so I have a lot of things I need to get prepared for my new students. Our course work load is steady. I pray that I can continue to balance both without going crazy. This is my prayer.
I took a pleasure trip to San Antonio and while there I thought about a convention I attended here a few years back. We were allowed to take a tour through one of the Pre-K through 2nd grade campus and I thought about how in comparison to where I teach now, that school was so well organized. The students were actively engaged, parents were constantly volunteering, and the teachers all had plenty of room. There were indoor and outdoor play facilities, seperate rooms for small groups, and student work was actually displayed instead of data walls From the visit I took A LOT of useful ideas that I implemented in my classroom. I also came to the conclusion that the amount of money the school district has really does play a large role in what and how your child learns.
As the new school year quickly approaches, I am getting more and more excited about meeting my new students but dreading more and more having to go to staff meetings, grade-level meeting, and so on... I would much rather only have to deal with the kids, and this is meant only in the nicest way possible.
As we get deeper into this program and the work intensifies, I am worried that when school starts I won't be able to manage them both. I have presentations I must put together for both parents and my new students, and I have to get my room put together. When I think about it I get overwhelmed but, when I start to work on my school work, it's not so hard because I have learned so many new and useful tools to use in my classroom. God is good.
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