I started with a new school district this year, but I’m still teaching 5th grade. It’s been a rough transition. I knew going to a bigger district would mean lots of things, but I feel like a first year teacher all over again. Their scores haven’t been as high as they would like so they’re forcing us to all follow the “Fundamental 5” Principles and training. Our administration is expected to be doing walkthroughs in 40 classrooms each week so I have 1-2 in my room every week. They’re also a Capturing Kids Hearts district and our principal wants us to be a National Showcase Campus this year, so there are walkthroughs for that too. We barely have time to plan and grade, and I have at least one ARD every two weeks. Oh, and our bilingual teacher was pulled from our campus the week before school started and I have some kids that need to test in Spanish. I barely recovered from the stress over Christmas break and I am not feeling the spark I used to have for teaching. I love my students. They’re really sweet, but they don’t stop talking. I had high hopes for this group of kids since they started school after COVID, but they are still very low and lack some basic “school” skills. I know I’m rambling on, but I also love this community. If you read the is far, thank you for letting me vent. I’m seriously considering not teaching next year. I’m looking into getting into Instructional design and development for corporations or companies so I can still have insurance.

I'm just legit curious... How many times have you had someone in your classroom this school year?

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After 11 years with the same district, I moved to my hometown school district this year. It’s been a bit of a culture shock. My previous district was a small three a district in a rural part of Texas My hometown, while still kind of rural the district, is the largest in the county. It’s easily more than twice the size of where I was. Our theme this year is back to basics with a play on the back to the future movie. They’re focusing on connecting with students and good teaching practices. I only heard a couple of buzz words so far and we only have one more day to go. Today we had our campus level trainings and I felt just as comfortable there as I did at my previous district. I think I made the right choice. I hope the rest of the year goes as well as staff development has this week.