From: about.com
I would divide my year in two. I spent my spring semester at one school, teaching two class, working as the school's IT guy and being a department head. The teaching part was relatively easy. For the first time in my teaching career I was teaching material I had taught before, and I was in a computer lab. The hard part was being the IT person: I was constantly bombarded with requests to fix things and I often had no idea about what to do...very frustrated.
Over the summer, I switched schools to have a little shorter commute (and hopefully, better students). I went back to teaching full-time (3 classes), which I hadn't done in three years. I found myself as busy as I was during my first year of teaching. I had three preps, and every class was new to me or had new curriculum.
Things that have gone well:
- Final project assignments
- Teaching photo editing
- Motivating students to shoot video
Things I could have done better:
- DECA sponsor
- IT guy
- Teaching writing
- Incorporating reading
This list is by no means exhaustive, but it comes to mind the most quickly. Later, I'll ruminate about what my goals for 2013 should be.
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