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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