In the past 2 weeks, I've had my first week of teacher workdays and the students first week of classes. I've spent countless extra hours at work, including staying 3 hours late on the 1st student day because I, along with all the other 1st year teachers, had to be introduced to the school board. It's also where they officially approved us, despite the fact that we had all already put in 7 days of work.
I've been very diligent this year in not leaving work without my desk clean and my handouts ready for the next day. I also made sure that the work turned in that day was in the grade book before I left for the day. The only exception was Friday when I had 26 projects and 67 tests submitted in one day. Those came home with me. I'm loving being absolutely totally prepared when I walk in the door each morning, but it's giving me some late afternoons. The earliest I have left is 4:00 (one day), and we are allowed to leave at 3:30.
I wanted to share a link that E had shared on her blog. It's beautifully written and expresses so much of what I think every teacher wants to say. I hope you enjoy it!
http://jenniechastain.blogspot.com/2013/08/why-teaching-is-so-doggone-hard.html?m=1
