Well, a lot has happened since I last wrote. I am back at Ocean Beach Elementary full time. Beth decided to retire. We had a new Ed Specialist Addy who became upset at how some teachers treated her. (ie they put her under the bus). So Addy left and went back to the charter school she used to work at and we have a new intern Bridget. I think we work well together.
Distance Learning was abrupt. We found out at noon we were leaving school not knowing when we would return. We hastily divided up duties. I was to support Marie Wright’s 3rd grade room and Cyndie Volpone’s 4th grade classroom. I was going to continue to meet with my kinder group, 2nd grade group and 4th grade group.
Well - trying to get kinders to meet was hard. I was only getting 1 at a time to show up. I have 4 1/2 hour zoom sessions scheduled. For my second grade group - only 1 at a time showed up for that as well at 4 1/2 sessions per week. Marie wanted my 3rd grade group to show up after hers but for 3 weeks no one showed up except me. The 4th grade group did show up and it was fun!!! But after 3 weeks, I asked Bridget if we could combine groups. She was already running a K group so I had mine join her. She was also running a 2nd grade group so mine were to join her.
Overall many students were learning and doing a good job. I had two real no shows. I contacted parents often but it did nothing. I would like to co-teach next year if a teacher is willing to try it.
For my first education book of the summer, I read “Schooled’ by; Stephanie Jankowski. This is a great book about what really goes around with teaching. It made me laugh out loud in some parts. I recommend it. Enjoy!
