New School

Wow, what a crazy time it has been moving and starting a new school year!  I had to get the classroom and the curriculum organized in 2 weeks.  Let me say, the classroom was rough.  I went to move in, and the previous teacher still had not moved out.  I called him and asked when he was planning on moving his stuff out, which helped and he was out in a couple days.

But he left a lot of stuff/junk.  I bet a lot of it was left from many teachers before, because it was old as can be.

I love my school and my class.  Of course I do.  There are going to be challenges:  challenging parents, challenging students, challenging curriculum....BUT that is what teaching consists of.  If you don't think that's true, and you are a teacher, you are kidding yourself.


Anywho...I moved to a completely opposite school from where I have been for the last 8 years.  Here are a few differences:

Old School                                         New School
-Richy-rich kids                                   -Title One School
-Tough Parents                                     -Very nice parents so far
-Mrs. Trunchbull                                  -Mr. Honey
-19 Students                                         -20 Students
-No Aides/Helpers                               -Lots of Aides/Helpers

-More pay/More Expensive Insurance - Less pay/Less expensive insurance
           
- Winged Lions                                   - Rams
-Competitive Co-Workers                  - Friendly and helpful Co-Workers
-Teachers with Sailor Mouths            - Clean language teachers
-New Building                                   - Old Building
-Recess duty 4x a week                     - Recess duty 1x a week
-Normal size classroom                     - Huge Classroom
-Lots of specialties                             - Library and Computers as specialties
-Highly Scrutinized                            -Supported and Complimented
-No adopted textbooks                       -Reading and Math Textbooks
-Free School Lunch                            - Bring your own lunch
-No CRT's                                           - Holy Crap, it's been 8 years since I did core testing
- Floppy math program                       -Solid math program with results
-Bentley's in parking lot                      - Pickups and normal cars
-8:00-3:45                                           -8:00-3:30
- Done June 10th                                - Done May 26thish
-No Halloween Dress Up                   -Halloween Dress Up Parade



Well....that is a good list.  There are good things about both schools, but my new school just fits me better.  Way better.  Like, I love being around the people I work with better.  I can enjoy being a fun teacher.  I can choose how I teach the curriculum (instead of doing it the way 'it's always been done).

I am happy at my new school for sure.

And that is all.