Our school finally published its tentative bell schedule and tentative class matrix last night. We have a 7-period day (with one period not meeting on our weekly short day), beginning at 8 and ending at about 3:40. Long day, but we get paid for that extra time. I would rather have started earlier in the morning than put all of the extra half-hour at the end of the day, because it's going to hurt the athletes etc. who leave school early for their games or other activities, but nobody asked me.
And that, my readers, is a whole other bone of contention! We have a decisionmaking body that is in charge of things such as bell schedules, but that committee was not even contacted regarding the start or end time, the number of periods, etc.
I'm disappointed that we are on a type of block schedule where I will not have a conference period each day, but I'm mostly happy with the courses I've been assigned thus far: Algebra 2, Trigonometry/Math Analysis, and one section of Algebra 1 for juniors & seniors who still need to pass it.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
First Entry
Here it is, my brand-new Blogger account!
Just finished emptying my classroom on Friday. This past school year was incredibly difficult, with student behavior (I was teaching 9th graders) having gotten worse each year. I've been promised upperclassmen for next school year, probably 11th graders. We should be notified next week.
There's a shorter vacation time this summer, since the district is starting all of us on August 13th (14th for students) so that we can be done with first semester in time for winter break. This makes a lot more sense than the previous way of doing things, with fall semester ending and spring semester starting a month after we returned from the winter holidays. I experienced that schedule only for one year, because our school had been on a three-track year-round calendar prior to that. I liked working through the summer and having time off when not everyone else did! Well, at least we'll have most of June off next year.
I'm going to try to post regularly and make this into a "real" blog, rather than something I use very infrequently. Now, let me go to my Twitter account (@mathappeal) to input this blog address!
Just finished emptying my classroom on Friday. This past school year was incredibly difficult, with student behavior (I was teaching 9th graders) having gotten worse each year. I've been promised upperclassmen for next school year, probably 11th graders. We should be notified next week.
There's a shorter vacation time this summer, since the district is starting all of us on August 13th (14th for students) so that we can be done with first semester in time for winter break. This makes a lot more sense than the previous way of doing things, with fall semester ending and spring semester starting a month after we returned from the winter holidays. I experienced that schedule only for one year, because our school had been on a three-track year-round calendar prior to that. I liked working through the summer and having time off when not everyone else did! Well, at least we'll have most of June off next year.
I'm going to try to post regularly and make this into a "real" blog, rather than something I use very infrequently. Now, let me go to my Twitter account (@mathappeal) to input this blog address!
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