By admin on
1/16/2009 10:12 AM
The year is half over already. It is so hard to believe that I have already made it through half of my first year teaching. I recently read an article in one of the VEA magazines about new teachers and the cycle that they’re first year of teaching takes. It talked about the phases of how your first year will probably go. I really wish I had read that article before I started teaching because it would have been comforting to know as I began my decent through the stages.
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By admin on
12/1/2008 1:00 PM
As the year progresses I find myself looking back quite a bit. I think about how there were always just a few little things that needed to be done and they kept piling up making things a bit stressful. As I approach the mid year mark, I find myself feeling that although those little things that need to be done keep changing, they are still there.
On top of all of those little things, I now have much larger things to deal with. I know everyone says it, but I wish there were more hours in the day! Thinking back, I wish I had kept a log of the hours I have spent at school outside of contract hours, not for anyone else to know, but simply for my own knowledge. I know that it is quite extensive. I typically arrive to school at least an hour before I am required to be here. Come to think of it, aside from teacher work days, I hav ...
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By admin on
10/29/2008 2:26 PM
I was quite nervous when I began my preparations for Parent Teacher Conferences. I still get a bit nervous when dealing with parents in general because I feel I need to make an amazing impression. Up to this point I think I have done a good job at that. I was nervous about how some of the parents might react to their students grades, because I had a difficult time giving some students an S simply because that was the 3rd possible grade out of 4 and to some people that would seem below average even though that is “on grade level”.
As I was driving to school that morning I tried to go through what I would say to particular parents, how to say “you child constantly makes noises that disrupts the entire class” in a nice, appropriate way. I probably rehearsed what I was going to say to every one of my parents that morning. And while t ...
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By admin on
10/10/2008 2:45 PM
It is hard to believe that the first quarter of school is already done! I have completed one quarter of my first year of teaching. It is amazing how fast it goes by. It’s also a bit scary because before I know it will be June. I just hope that I will be able to look back and say “Yes it was a struggle, but I made a difference.”
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By admin on
9/23/2008 10:11 AM
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[Sarah Odachowski is a first year teacher at Parklawn Elementary. She has graciously volunteered to share her experiences with the Fairfax Education Association membership through this blog. Please feel free to join in and ask questions.]
The first two months have been an absolute crazy and overwhelming, but so rewarding already. My name is Sarah and I am a 2nd grade teacher at Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria. Parklawn is a modified calendar schoo
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