I got a ton done today. The best thing I did to save time was to have students do more of the day to day classroom tasks like updating the homework board, reading announcements, handing things out, etc. This not a new idea - lots of educational gurus talk about how important it is to have students take charge of their classrooms - but I don't take full advantage of it. Granted, the board is a little harder to read and the procedures can take a little longer, but the kids love doing it and it saves me time.
It seems easier to get things done when I know at some point I will be done. At one point I wondered if I could take these new found efficiencies and apply them to my old schedule once work to rule is over - I can't. I can sprint through my work when the race is short, but if it goes back to a marathon there's no way I can keep up this pace. Maybe something I take from all this is that I need to give myself permission to let myself be finished.
On a side note, we were working on conversions in class today, and for the first time in my career, I am making about a penny a second! I wrecked the moment though when we compared my salary to Jerry Seinfeld's at a $1.49 per second.
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Oh, my - can you imagine comparing our per second salary to Bill Gates?
Eeks!
Julie - what a great inspiration this blog is. We need to remember that teachers can leave our work AT work and not feel guilty about it. I have now found myself correcting papers out in the hall while on hall duty. Aren't teachers known to be the gurus of multi-tasking?
Thank you for starting this blog and allowing us to join in on your "aha" moments as we continue with w2r. It's a great avenue for sharing suggestions and frustrations. Together, we will prevail - that's what unions are all about.
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