I'm loving my new Junior school teacher role. I am enjoying the children. I find their enthusiasm and engagement refreshing. On the other hand I am finding it quite a challenge. I have not felt this way since I was a beginning teacher. The classroom is not the problem. I have a few strategies up my sleeve and can adapt to sticky situations quickly (not that there have been too many). What I am finding difficult is tracking down resources and adapting to a new team. I'm finding that the expectations of me as a teacher are quite different. I also have a new team leader so I have to learn how she likes things done (everyone has a way that they like things to be done). The children are also in need of a lot more direction. They are still very dependent on me to do certain things. So with all these things in mind, the to do list becomes quite long and slightly overwhelming.
So after following some advice, from my role model, I have decided to take things one step at a time. I need to focus on one curriculum area at a time and set up each one well before moving on to the next. I guess I need to remember that trying to do everything at the same time will result in me doing many things poorly rather than slowly building up do doing many things well. Step one... finish resorting my reading groups after finishing my final running records and analysing data for effective reporting and teaching. Step two... maths!
Watch this space.
Such a refreshing blog post Ksenia! Very honest and open. I think we all feel like this at some point. Very cool that you have stepped out of your comfort zone this year. Always good to have a shake up :)
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah! Thanks for reading :)
ReplyDeleteI'm really enjoying my change I think I should've done it a while a go. Was just a little scared I guess so now I'm super glad that I got the courage to do it in the end. FYI all above have been achieved now I'm trying to wort writing ;)