I Own It

Coming back from a 4 day weekend is an interesting experience. Some might think that the students would be well rested and relaxed from the extra days off but that was not the case for most of the day. It was however, really nice to get back into the classroom after a day of meetings.

Of course after my blog post Meetings, Meetings, and More Meetings, the day would not be complete without a couple of other meetings that included a goal setting meeting and an after school faculty and staff meeting. During the goal setting meeting, we learned about the new observation policy for the year.

The thing that stood out to me during this meeting the most was the quote from the principal, "You own it". This was said multiple times in relation to the teachers owning the responsibility of following all of the new rules set be the observation and goal setting forms. I like the idea that the teachers are not being judged by their student's CRCT scores.

The time is flying by. We are almost done with the fourth week of student teaching. This means the students have been in the classroom for five weeks. After all of the meetings of the week, I can say that the thing I've taken away most from the week is the fact that these observations that I am preparing for will never end as long as I am a teacher. I can only prepare myself in the best way that I know how and realize that at the end of the day, I own it!