Summer Work

Since I've been a full-time teacher, I have lived by the belief that summers are my time with a little time spent preparing for the next year. This summer, I have been doing a little of my time, but more time working. I spent a few days preparing my classroom, organizing books for my units, and planning. When things are not organized, they get pushed away somewhere and left untouched, unused, and collecting dust. Since I had the time and am teaching the same grade next year, I wanted to take full advantage of having everything in line!

Today, I was back at school again... Organizing the book room and even participating in my first interviews on the interviewer side rather than that stressful interviewee side! It's an interesting place to be - I was more of an observer than a questioner (Probably kind of nerve-wracking to have a handful of teachers sitting around a table looking at you and asking questions... but it's how we do things at this school. & we aren't trying to be scary, instead we are trying to be involved in finding a person who will fit best in our school, who is as committed and as passionate as we are, and who is willing to work Hard!)

I am planning to take some days off (tomorrow for sure), but right now, I'm enjoying the work of getting things ready for fall. It's a really good sign. When a teacher gives up some of her summer to work at school, you can tell she really, really LOVES her school!