The First Week of School

A blur.  That's what the first week of school was.  

I planned on having this be a fun little post recapping each day, almost in a "day in the life" style.  I can tell you right now that's not how this post is going to go.

The first week of school felt like it went on & on and yet flew by at the exact same time.  I am loving the way my schedule is set up because the individual days do go by really fast.  Rather than block like my last district, we have 7 50 minute classes.  And because I'm a coach I only teach 4.  Granted that also means my day starts at 7:15 rather than 9.

7:15-9:50 Volleyball
9:55-10:45 9th Grade World Geography

10:50-11:50 ESL World Geography
11:55-1:25 12th Grade Economics (with lunch thrown in right in the middle of my class)

1:30-2:20 Department Planning

2:25-3:15 12th Grade Economics

3:20-4:10 Off Period

I have a pretty sweet schedule I'm not even gonna lie.  Even though I haven't taught it since my first year, my economics classes are my favorite so far just because they're seniors & that's what I prefer.  I've also never taught a full ESL class in my life, even though I am certified & have been since my first year of teaching, so that class is a big learning curve for me.  Especially because the class started with 7 kids on the first day of school & was up to 29 as of yesterday.

Another learning curve for me this year, not having my own classroom.  There are more teachers than classrooms so I don't have my own room.  I don't even share a room.  I'm in a different classroom for each of my 4 classes.  Luckily I was able to find desk space in one of the coaching offices.  Also, luckily as of this coming Friday we'll be going 1:1 & all students will be getting Chromebooks so I didn't have to get textbooks to lug around with me all day, & won't really have any paperwork to lug around with me either.

Beyond the adjusting to a different district, a couple different classes than I've taught recently, & the whole traveling around all day, there was/is also volleyball.  The first week of school we had an away game on Tuesday.  We lost.  I was also battling a cold & wound up taking Nyquil the 2 nights I was actually home at a decent time & going to bed at 8.

Despite the blur of it all, & the busyness, & the learning curves, I'm still really loving my new district.  I love my coworkers, I love my admin, I love my schedule, I love the kids.  Fingers crossed that the rest of the year goes just as well and I return next year, & the year after that, & the year after that, & so on.

Happy Tuesday everyone!