I guess that I'm just asking for anything/everything. Perhaps, I'm not. I don't know. I just know that I'm totally and completely stressed out from work - and it started on last Monday!
I found out that I will be teaching the following schedule:
Period 1: English 1 =======================11 kids
Period 2: English 3 and English 4==========23 kids
Period 3: PLC (Professional Learning Community)
Period 4: English 2 =======================11 kids
Period 5: Conference
Period 6: English 1 ========================5 kids
Period 7: English 1 and English 4===========14 kids
The issue that I'm having is that I'm teaching two different (COMPLETELY DIFFERENT) courses in two different periods. I don't have an issue with teaching all four Englishes. No no no. It's the doubling up. I do understand that I'm the only resource teacher, but I don't have the Superman cape on behind me. I'm not Wonder Woman. I don't really know how I'm going to do all of this. I'm frustrated - and on top of it all, I have to be working with a NEW Scope and Sequence as well as deal with a new system for the Special Education program for making the kids Individual Educational Plans (IEPs).
I have a feeling that what I'm going to do is just set up a notebook for each class with their own Scope and Sequence and deal with that that way... and just go through the damn thing.
However, I'm just not sure that I like where all of this is leading. If I'm going to be the ONLY Resource English teacher, then, they need to like perhaps give me six classes or something instead of 5 so that they can at least spread them out across the day and not double them up. That's just silly to do that to me. God.
Prayers. I guess that I'm asking for prayers.
Please.
~MJ
