I've been meaning to write on this blog, however, teaching has taken over every aspect of my life the last couple of months. These days off have been wonderful. I would love to write about the last couple of months, but that would take quite a bit of time-especially for those who read it. Instead, I would like to say that I'm slowly growing more confident in my teaching abilities, even though there have been many uncertainties along the way. Recently my school hired a Title I lead teacher that has become a tremendous support as well as my mentor. Most 1st year teachers are given their mentors the first month of school, however, I was not given mine until at least November. I meet with her every Friday and talk about whatever is on my mind-it has helped tremendously. Right now I'm concentrating on my teacher evaluation process (I'm going to write a post about this later) and helping my students learn each day. Being that I'm in an upper grade, standardized state testing is crucial so unfortunately I know that I will be concentrating on that come January. That topic will also be a forth coming post. My New Year's resolution (one of them) is to write on my blog weekly-I hope I can keep this resolution!
