I'll confess to some tension on Monday when I didn't have a schedule or calendar.
Some things, like when the end of the term will be, aren't that pressing, especially as I know they're extremely variable--last term, we weren't sure of the March 10 end date until mid-January.
But things like when I'm first supposed to teach what--in a couple of days--would be good to know.
Fortunately, working in an office of three generally laid-back guys, we decided on which class we'd teach back in summer camp: I would cover grade 4 and part of grade 8, one coworker would do G5 and part of G7, the other would do G6 and some of both 7 and 8 (without having to develop lesson plans).
First came a calendar: we'll have class on Wed and Thu, then we're off on Fri, Mon, Tue.
This is a bit of a wrench with classes that meet once a week: by the time I meet Monday and Tuesday classes, Wed and Thu kids will have taken the pre/post test and received two weeks of instruction within a five-week exam schedule (exams week 5, 10, 15, 20).
Still no printer, resources, materials, but we did have desks in an airconditioned office today. And tomorrow is a day away and will work itself out, right? Don't worry about printing off or copying the pre-post test, activity books, anything like that. It'll happen, right?
Then came the trainwrecks. Sorry, schedules.
The easy one is that colleague #2 will be teaching G6 EIP, a couple sections of G8, and an unknown, unannounced, unexpected 6 sections of G6 RP. And after the dust settled, we realized that colleague #1 will be teaching G5 EIP and not part of G7 but 10 sections of G8. And for the kick in the nards, I get G4 EIP (YAY!) and not part of G8 but all 13 sections of G7.
Starting tomorrow morning.
Oh, and the people responsible for turning on the wireless routers and operating the pay-per-sheet copier have left for the day.
Good, good news: having aircon when temperatures are spiking personal highs, both degrees and humidity.
Bad news: aircon and cold sweat do not mix.
Some things, like when the end of the term will be, aren't that pressing, especially as I know they're extremely variable--last term, we weren't sure of the March 10 end date until mid-January.
But things like when I'm first supposed to teach what--in a couple of days--would be good to know.
Fortunately, working in an office of three generally laid-back guys, we decided on which class we'd teach back in summer camp: I would cover grade 4 and part of grade 8, one coworker would do G5 and part of G7, the other would do G6 and some of both 7 and 8 (without having to develop lesson plans).
First came a calendar: we'll have class on Wed and Thu, then we're off on Fri, Mon, Tue.
This is a bit of a wrench with classes that meet once a week: by the time I meet Monday and Tuesday classes, Wed and Thu kids will have taken the pre/post test and received two weeks of instruction within a five-week exam schedule (exams week 5, 10, 15, 20).
Still no printer, resources, materials, but we did have desks in an airconditioned office today. And tomorrow is a day away and will work itself out, right? Don't worry about printing off or copying the pre-post test, activity books, anything like that. It'll happen, right?
Then came the trainwrecks. Sorry, schedules.
The easy one is that colleague #2 will be teaching G6 EIP, a couple sections of G8, and an unknown, unannounced, unexpected 6 sections of G6 RP. And after the dust settled, we realized that colleague #1 will be teaching G5 EIP and not part of G7 but 10 sections of G8. And for the kick in the nards, I get G4 EIP (YAY!) and not part of G8 but all 13 sections of G7.
Starting tomorrow morning.
Oh, and the people responsible for turning on the wireless routers and operating the pay-per-sheet copier have left for the day.
Good, good news: having aircon when temperatures are spiking personal highs, both degrees and humidity.
Bad news: aircon and cold sweat do not mix.
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