First Year of Teaching & COVID-19
I've been teaching sixth grade this year. My first year as a teacher. It's been HARD. I know that everyone's first year of teaching is known to be hard. So I was expecting that. But it's exceeded even my expectations (and my admins expectations) for just how hard it has been. Challenging in every possible way. And yet... I was finding my way through, somehow managing to build my classroom community, teach, and actually love what I was doing. Teaching is not for the faint of heart. Nor for the slacker. Believe me when I say, it's by far the hardest thing I've ever done... childbirth included. And like most things in life (childbirth included), it was good. I know I was involved in a school that is doing the best it can and making decisions in the best interests of all it's students. They are supportive of their teachers and families. They place a HUGE emphasis on the arts, on equity, and on high quality instruction. It's exactly the school