Over Six Weeks

It's already been six weeks into school. I can't believe it. It has gone soo fast. I'm still working an insane amount of hours, but it's ok. I'm kind of living in fear. My year has been going too well, I'm waiting for my kids to turn demonic and ruin my life. haha.



Maggie came in and observed me for the first time a week ago. She said I did pretty well. She said that I'm harder on myself than I need to be. I just want to do the best I can and do what is best for my kids. I feel a lot of pressure because our district is going to continue to make cuts and I'm afraid that because I'm a new teacher I'll be out the door. Everyone keeps telling me not to worry, but I can't help it. Nothing I can do about it now.



I recently had a meeting with my Assistant Principal because I've been frustrated with trying to get through all of my curriculum by the end of the year. I have a lot working against me. 1. Most of my kids are special ed or just behind academically. 2. They are very unmotivated. 3. I'm not allowed to assign homework, so everything must be done in the classroom. My assistant principals response to this is: Teach them what they need to know so that they don't look like the idiots on the street who Jay Leno asks questions to. I was pretty excited about the prospect of not having to follow the district wide curriculum, but it ended up being a lot more work for me.

I'm now focusing on running my first iep. For those of you who aren't in the loop, that's basically a legal document for accomodations for special ed kids. I have to write this document and then have a meeting with the parents, kid, principal, and other teachers. ugh, pressure to perform. i've never even sat in one of these. i might puke right before it! I'll let you know how it goes. It might be the joke of the century.