Sunday, March 11, 2012

almost there

During my PD (all day) yesterday everyone kept talking about how everything flies by after spring break. Only three school weeks separate me from spring break and a much anticipated trip to DC. Daylight-savings jolted me into springtime thinking. Everything around me is beginning to signal little bits of change.

For the first time I realized, I made it. I'm not about to sing and dance and call it a day. I'm also not going to quit. I can see the light. Finally.

I created a document called 2012-13 to log all of my "next year ideas." I have started thinking about what I want to do differently at the beginning of the year. I have started worrying about replicating the culture I have now. For the first time since September, I no longer have to just put my head down and push, and that is a relief like nothing I have felt this year.

At the same time, I am also beginning to imagine my students' lives after they leave me. I am beginning to think about releasing control, helping to inform parents about what to expect next year and beyond, and hopefully getting some of my kids into a summer program.

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