Keep on Blogging

This class was overwhelming to me in the content at first because I had no way to organize it. Now I have an understanding of it and a way to organize it and my next task is how do I make the change I want to see? I think Rebekah has the right attitude that will guide me in that you need to make one change at a time in your classroom and hopefully send it to the classroom next to you. Be the mind shift you want to see. I think I kind of feel stuck at this moment in time though because I want to make the changes that I want to make, but I really can't make them at this point in the school year. I have 31 school days left at the school I am teaching at and that will be it. I am leaving this school behind for a new one in New Hampshire. Now that is daunting because it is unfamiliar territory to me. I know that it took me a solid 2 years to figure out this school's curriculum. It is incredibly frustrating to me to think that I may not be able to make some of the changes I hope to see in the curriculum even next year because I won't have a firm enough understanding of it at the new school.

I can think positively and hope that my new knowledge on curriculum will help me see through this new curriculum more quickly. And if I am blessed to be at the same grade level give or take one on either side, then I won't have to spend so much time learning how to teach all over again giving me the time to look at the curriculum more closely. I am optimistic that I will eventually get to make the changes I want to make. I will be able to start small as Rebekah suggests in my own classroom as I have learned some things that I can change now even with 31 days left. The big changes will have to wait. I just don't like waiting.

My plan and hope is to keep this blog going. It may lag a bit as the school year ends. I should have a lot to talk about if and when I get a new teaching job. I will be able to give a new perspective while working from a different state. I hope you continue to follow and help guide me.