Oh blah.

By curiousillusion ( October 18, 2009 at 5:53 pm) · Filed under work, ,

45 minute teacher observation tomorrow.  It was supposed to be LAST Monday but the admin was sick so it had to get postponed.  45 minutes is a LONG time to get observed, especially considering how much can go wrong with 5 year olds in that amount of time.  Keeping their attention span for the entire time would be a miracle.  I’m nervous.  Plus I have to follow a curriculum that, for this lesson, seems boring and too short so I have no idea how this is going to go.

Plus, later on in the week I have parent/teacher conferences.  That’s right, 3 hours straight of meeting with 20+ parents, listening to their complaints and concerns, expressing MY complaints and concerns (lol)… Yikes.  Luckily each conference is only scheduled to be 10 minutes and since they’re scheduled back-to-back, parents really aren’t going to be able to go any longer than that without disrupting the whole schedule/angering other parents.  But still.  Gulp.

AND… my stomach started hurting this morning, reminiscent of what happened to me on Monday.  It has been uneasy all day, which makes me nervous.  So NOT what I need right now.

Is it Friday yet?

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  • My favorite time being observed was by an asst. principal who didn't know how to observe. He just wrote a play-by-play. Seriously?
  • Now that is hilarious!
  • Oh wow. Good luck with the observation! I know you'll do fine. I think anyone who is anything in education will understand that 5 year olds have a really short attention span. If it makes you feel better, I had an unannounced observation my first year teaching where my principal walked in and half my students were blind-folded. We were reading "The Miracle Worker" and I was trying to get them to see what life was like blind. It was an interesting lesson to explain.
    That stinks about the teacher conferences :(
    I hope your week gets better!
  • What is they say, a 5 year old has a 5 minute attention span. Blah.

    Wow, that seems like an interesting lesson to walk in on. But I bet the kids were really into it!
  • Aww good luck with the observation. I'm sure it's scary being watched but remember they're not trying to catch you out and they'll understand if the kids are a bit crazy. Good luck!
  • It always feels like they're trying to catch me though, ya know? Blah.
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