I'd Much Rather Be Teaching

I love the idea of sleeping an extra hour each day. Being able to get to the schools by 8 instead of 7 was very refreshing on Tuesday. We had multiple seminars and planning meetings, which I knew would be the case since it was a teacher planning day. It was a great experience since this was the first time I've attended this type of meeting.

The first seminar on Excel lasted 3 hours. We had a break in the middle of the seminar and the teachers were able to get up if they needed to throughout the duration of the session. The seminar was very helpful and was not just something to do on a day that the students weren't there. It is however, true that teachers are the worst students.

I was able to have a working lunch during the data team meeting with my mentor teacher and the rest of the data team. This was interesting, but I felt priviledged to have the opportunity to work closely with the principal and assistant principal during this time.

After the data team meeting, we started our planning for next week. This is when a statement that my mentor teacher told me a few weeks ago popped back into my head. He told me that during teacher work days, I would get to the point where I wished I was simply teaching and not having seminars and meetings. I started to miss our class and the students and I eventually came to the simple conclusion that although I enjoyed the break that I got from the students, I'd much rather be teaching.