OMG I’m still a student!
Posted By jspear
Date: October 1st, 2008
Category: Uncategorized
Like telling a trooper he has to go back and complete his obstacle course time after two months on the line… ok ok it is no where near that but in the world of hyperbole it is. I have to complete training videos with my mentor – I can’t tell how many hours… and she is getting ready to go on maternity leave – like on her 36th week ready. I have to do school training on computer courses and then on TELPAS training all this week or by the end of October. Just stuff after stuff. Fortunately lesson planning is getting a little easier as we move along and I am getting prepped well, enough- I have carry overs from the day before.
Oh and TPRI training I finished last week came in handy as I had to administer TPRI the other day. The administration was easy enough but the aide assigned to cover my room pulled a muscle in my class and had to be wheel chaired out before I got started. My ADHD darling told me he didn’t take his meds ( and he didn’t have to tell me as he trashed the room after being reprimanded). Another darling who sees the counselor every week for temper tantrums had just got back but lost the sticker she had issued and promptly melted down, and another angel got very sad over not getting her place in line and she promptly went boohooing and wailing and rolling spilling pencil sharpener shavings and the now evac’ed aide’s coffee on the floor- oooh is that a bad combo. I had to maneuver her by pulling out my cell phone and suggest I may call mom or dad. This came about merely by chance, and I pass it on to you because I was checking the time to see how late we were going to be to music, and she at least would rise and be mobile for 20 feet or so before trying again and prompting another phone pull. I learn fairly quickly. Previously just carrying the parent info folder did the trick but oh man pulling the phone got much quicker results although it got louder wailing with it too.
My school did schedule a sub to come watch my class so I could do the testing but they also had a fire drill scheduled and it happened as I was picking my kids up from music so I didn’t have any of my all-clear stuff etc. It ate up a good bit of time too. All in all I still got 14 kids done. The others finished today when unsuspecting army volunteers came by and I shanghai’ed them into watching my class so I could finish.
I had a second lunch today so I am almost at lunching 10%. Today was burger and tots and it looked good and the kids seem to appreciate me sitting with them. With the limited lunchroom aide coverage we have, it helps the overall lunchroom being there to open packages, escort ones to the restroom and keep the kids seated and focused on eating.
I had to yell in my class after silently mantra-ing I would not every day… and it sucks but it gets results albeit I fear short term ones. I have not cussed or said shut up which I heard a more veteran teacher do as I performed my TPRI out in the quiet confines of the hall. Still it sucks to have done it. Goals to set, goals to achieve. I’m still a student.