Wednesday, January 17, 2007

AND ON, AND ON, AND ON...

Teachers have the best life, don't they? high stress, holidays dotted throughout the year, all public holidays, massive summer holidays.
They just keep on going :)

i've got loads to keep me busy though. today was the first day i sat down and actually went through what i'm going to teach a certain class. Dance & Drama. it'll be the first time i've ever taught that subject but i'm excited about it. I'll have to be ahead of the game though, and well organised. got some great ideas this morning, just got to write out my lesson plans and focus now.
Ah, but if you think that's all, think again. that's just two classes a week. I've also got my ICT class to think about. and i realised that unless i get a fresh year 7 class, i'll be having to have a new focus with new tasks and new assessments. yeah - people think we can just regurgitate the same things. nah!!! the kids know when you're being lazy and repeating work in a new context. they're always the first ones to say 'we've done this before, why do we have to do it again?'
so ICT classes to do.
Then there's my music - first a plan for the Tamaki lot (they're special you see...behaviour management is always an issue when creating lessons) Then there's the outside schools who get more lessons in a block and who learn faster. i don't need to create a lesson around behaviour when i plan for them. i'm always amazed at the difference between morning (outside schools) and afternoons (tamaki students). at times i wonder if i'm really cut out to be a teacher (usually in the afternoons) and then other times i realise that i'm actually not too bad (normally in the morning after a successful lesson).

and apart from the lessons, i've also got to decide on some stunningly wonderful songs to sing for assembly. think i'll get a couple from the kiwi songs - should be some good ones there.

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