When I got the key to my classroom, I spent an incredibly long time simply wandering around, staring at things, and wondering why Cal Poly never offered a class in "How to Set Up Your Classroom." Doesn't seem tricky, but believe me, it is. Today was the 4th day in my classroom. I was there from 8am to 7pm today and still haven't arranged the desks.
Overwhelmed was an understatement for my first few days. My apartment is still piled with half-unpacked boxes, but at least my classroom is getting somewhere.
So far, I love my school. The staff is very young and friendly and supportive and it has been fun getting to know them a bit. The bilingual 2nd grade teacher is also named Kimberly and she is a new teacher too. Half of the teachers are new to the school this year!
My school has adopted a lot of very new teaching techniques to help our English Learners, and I'm very excited about it. However, I have a stack of books on my bed that is larger than all the books I read in college combined that I'm supposed to have read by a week from Tuesday. :) The more I get done, the more I realize that there is still a lot to do.
I've been informed that I have one autistic student, and because of this the rest of my students are supposed to be the calmer students of the grade, which is a blessing.
I was going to give up coffee when I came up here. Not going to happen.
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Yay Kimberly! I'm so proud of you and excited for the ways in which the Lord is going to grow you in each and every experience. Will you be able to post pictures of your classroom at some point? That would be amazing! I am praying for you; choose to be a blessing!
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