Ever wonder what teachers do when the kids all leave for the summer? This is the fifth in a series of posts (I don't know how many) about what teachers do during the summer. I started writing this on the first day of "summer" because SOME people (who are not teachers) think we party all summer. But now you will know the truth.
After the hard work of book sorting, they begin the tedious work of cleaning out the clutter. Meanwhile, teachers are reflecting about the year. They think about what went well and what did not go Then,some days, they head back to school to review curriculum maps based on new ideas and mandates such as the CCSS. They draft and revise Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions. Thye talk about best practice and standards and how it can / might / should / will fit together with real teachers and real kids in real schools. It's hard work and it makes your mind rather than your body tired.
Then, usually on a Saturday morning, teachers take a moment to look around their own homes and are amazed at the messes and cobwebs that have accumulated while they were busy teaching, cleaning classrooms and writing curriculum maps. So then, teachers start cleaning closets and stairwells, preferrable while they are still in "working" high energy mode.
Now in MY CASE, the real reason I got going on the cobwebs so fast was because I was planning some sewing - and that is MORE fun than cleaning - so I want to get to it sooner. In order to enter the world of high couture I need to find a clean space to work.
This cleaning (and sewing for some of us) is hard work too, but the teachers who do they are grateful they are teachers and they reflect on their friends who chose corporate lives while they embark on these summer missions of cleanliness and couture :)
After the hard work of book sorting, they begin the tedious work of cleaning out the clutter. Meanwhile, teachers are reflecting about the year. They think about what went well and what did not go Then,some days, they head back to school to review curriculum maps based on new ideas and mandates such as the CCSS. They draft and revise Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions. Thye talk about best practice and standards and how it can / might / should / will fit together with real teachers and real kids in real schools. It's hard work and it makes your mind rather than your body tired.
Now in MY CASE, the real reason I got going on the cobwebs so fast was because I was planning some sewing - and that is MORE fun than cleaning - so I want to get to it sooner. In order to enter the world of high couture I need to find a clean space to work. This cleaning (and sewing for some of us) is hard work too, but the teachers who do they are grateful they are teachers and they reflect on their friends who chose corporate lives while they embark on these summer missions of cleanliness and couture :)
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