The first year is almost over: I'm only going to be in the classroom with the kids for 4 1/2 more days (tomorrow, Wednesday morning, and the first 3 days of next week). Much of that will be cleaning up and taking care of business. We leave early Thursday morning for Austin and San Antonio and get back Saturday night--should be a fun trip and my kids are really looking forward to it (the ones that are going; thanks to my mentor, we were able to get some more funding, and 8 of my kids are going).
I'm just worn out. I get a few days off before I start teaching summer school. I agreed to teach summer school for a couple reasons: I should get to teach the kids who will be in my class next year and jump-start them with writing and English in general; I could use the money; and I'll be in Houston anyway, since I have to take classes for certification until the end of July. I think I get a four-day weekend before a one-day training and then starting summer school on Thursday 5/31, but I'm not positive on the dates. At any rate, it's only a month... and hopefully I will be in my room so I can start prepping it for next year early.
Has it been successful? Kind of. I can really feel that I have a good relationship with most of the students, which is positive. It was tough at the beginning of the year to get them to do anything, mainly because I didn't know how to tell them to; now it's a lot easier. I have a lot of changes in organizational and parental involvement plans for next year that I'm excited about, but at the same time, there will be more pressure. But at least I'll be able to hit the ground running in September, and I have a couple months to work out details...
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