For teachers, New Year's Day isn't our "begin anew" date. For us, it's the first day of school. That means that Jan. 1st is sort of a mid-point, a time for reflection. So where am I on my goals for this year?
I'm still constantly falling behind in grading... I really need to figure out something to do about it. Of course, the first thing I should work on is procrastinating and screwing around instead of grading. Yup, that should be my first step.
To be honest, most of the time I feel like I'm running to catch up. Part of the reason is my procrastination but it's also part disorganization, part poor planning. Both are things I also need to reevaluate in the coming months... am I letting too many seemingly inconsequential things slide? It's so true that the devil is in the details. Plus, I'm one of those people who when confronted with a wide open schedule get nothing done.
Finally, my energy level has been lagging. I'm convinced that this due to my piss-poor diet. Not enough vegis, lunches that consist of coffee and mini-Hershey bars and too frequent "I'm-to-tired-to-cook-tonight-so-I'll-just-stop-at-Maccas" nights. Since, Lala left I've cooked approximately five times. Three within the last two weeks. Yikes.
On the plus side, my AP students' writing is improving greatly. Only a third of my sophomores are currently failing (usually, by this time of the semester over one-half are) and I was able to organize and get all the students who needed to be tested for RtI done within a week. While I now see that my school is not exactly doing RtI up to standards, I can now understand where we need to be... and that's a good thing.
I'm still constantly falling behind in grading... I really need to figure out something to do about it. Of course, the first thing I should work on is procrastinating and screwing around instead of grading. Yup, that should be my first step.
To be honest, most of the time I feel like I'm running to catch up. Part of the reason is my procrastination but it's also part disorganization, part poor planning. Both are things I also need to reevaluate in the coming months... am I letting too many seemingly inconsequential things slide? It's so true that the devil is in the details. Plus, I'm one of those people who when confronted with a wide open schedule get nothing done.
Finally, my energy level has been lagging. I'm convinced that this due to my piss-poor diet. Not enough vegis, lunches that consist of coffee and mini-Hershey bars and too frequent "I'm-to-tired-to-cook-tonight-so-I'll-just-stop-at-Maccas" nights. Since, Lala left I've cooked approximately five times. Three within the last two weeks. Yikes.
On the plus side, my AP students' writing is improving greatly. Only a third of my sophomores are currently failing (usually, by this time of the semester over one-half are) and I was able to organize and get all the students who needed to be tested for RtI done within a week. While I now see that my school is not exactly doing RtI up to standards, I can now understand where we need to be... and that's a good thing.
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