A big decision
I was too good to last - I should savor these last weeks while I can. I have this incredible part time schedule. I am on a rotating A/B block. One week I work 2 days and the next week I work 3. The amazing part is - I actually have a babysitter who is committed to work this crazy schedule with me! But all things must end. Next year my school is adopting a gender-based classroom. The building will physically be split into a girls section and a boys section. Teachers will have to decide if they will teach all girls or all boys. Related Art teachers such as myself will teach "A day" girls and "B day" boys. The goal is to split the school as much as possible so the two will never cross paths. We are currently the lowest scoring school in Jefferson Co., which also puts us in the bottom pool for the state of KY. They are hoping that this type of classroom and learning will be our saving grace. I asked specifically if band classes would be allowed to mix and the answer was no. So this tells me a few things. Primarily, I will not get to keep this great part time schedule. It will be all or nothing. Work or stay home. If I DO teach full time, will I want to remain at Iroquois? Dealing with a class full of all boys and then all girls? And the instrumentation nightmare that goes along with it? I wouldn't be a band teacher, but more like a random instrument teacher. It took me 3 years to get this program to a place where things are starting to "work" and now I would have to start all over. If I don't stay at Iroquois then where will I go? Will there be another Middle School opening somewhere? Do I want to think about teaching High School? Have I mastered the field trip well enough to stay home full time and not go insane? Truly, I like my job. I like teaching. I like being at home. I like this part time gig I have now!!! Why do things change?

1 comment:
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON!!!! In the flesh!
JLH
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