Last weekend, the students had a 4 day weekend because Thursday and Friday were devoted to professional development days for teachers.  Those days for teachers consisted of sitting in our classrooms, grading and planning instead of in meetings.  I’m not really sure if other schools did anything but we definitely didn’t.  That weekend, I took…

October is supposed to be one of the roughest times of the year for teachers because the students are getting more comfortable in class and behavior problems start showing up more often.  I’d say that’s been fairly accurate with my experience but nothing too crazy yet. My last period continues to be my biggest challenge. …