The Schedule

At my new school, we see our students on a somewhat random schedule. Well, random is not exactly the right word, but the schedule is a weekly schedule instead of a daily schedule, so we might see a student only once a week. This is good for variety, but makes schedules very complicated and time-consuming to construct. Today, however, was the "unveiling" of the first trimester schedule, and it all worked out so well! I ended up teaching mostly math/science classes, but our program director gave me a couple SS and English classes for a little variety, which was exactly what I wanted! I'm really excited about it. There are also a couple of students who I see 3-4 times a week, which I'm looking forward to, as well. One of them is a new student, and the other is one who has been around for awhile, but I'm excited to get a chance to form a good relationship with them, and hopefully one that will be really conducive to getting work done with them. Also, my Monday mornings start out in the kitchen with a double-block of kitchen work and preparing the meal for the day, which is awesome -- all in all, a really decent schedule, and one that I'm excited for.

Technically, we're encouraged not to take work home, which is a real blessing, but this weekend, I just don't think that's very feasible. I need to do some preparing for introductory activities, and because I have the same students over again in a few instances, I need to have more "introductory" activities for them, since I can't recycle the same things for all of their classes. While the thought of "lesson planning" again is somewhat unappealing, I'm kind of looking forward to thinking through our first week, and figuring out some possible directions I can go with the students. I think it's going to be really fun and interesting!