During this week, I met with my site supervisor to once again discuss my action research plan. She still thinks I’m crazy. I am starting my second year of teaching and I have taken on a master’s degree program. Occasionally she looks at me and laughs. We have to keep our humor in this or else I’m liable to have a nervous breakdown. I am really nervous about how I am going to accomplish everything I have on my plate within the next year. Already I have an Internship Plan, activities in Principal Competencies, and now I am adding an action research plan. I wish we could start and finish everything within a class in the five weeks rather than having something to finish once the class has ended. How am I going to remember to blog weekly on my action plan and respond to other people’s blogs? I am sure I’m going to have so much going on with being a wife and mother, teaching 6th and 7th grade Science, performing the action plan, internship plan, and principal competencies, continuing with the classes in the program, and anything else that might come along. Oh my goodness…just thinking about it scares me and makes me nervous. I am definitely going to have to create a schedule of some sort or learn how to use the calendar and alert features on my phone. :)
As I met with my site supervisor, she once again commented on how wonderful and thought out my plan was. Since I don’t have a lot of experience in education, I was worried and still am that I really don’t know what I’m doing. To receive her respect and praise on a job well done makes me feel wonderful. As she looked over my plan she commented that it seem to be well developed. She liked the fact that I was willing to continue any type of training or help the teachers after the initial training. We all know how it feels to learn something new and then we told to go and use the new information and never receive another ounce of support. Talk about feeling like one if thrown to the dogs. The one suggestion she did make was to have sporadic meetings to check with the teachers to make sure there are no lingering questions or problems that need to be handled. So, with this in mind, I revised my action plan and added monthly meetings with teachers. Other than the one suggestion, we both agreed that the plan was on the right track.
On a personal note, I am really scared and nervous about being able to do everything that will be required personally and professionally. I believe I am very good with time management, but there is only a certain number of hours in the day. I know I will do my best, but how to keep my sanity and not drive my husband and daughter crazy will be the question. :)
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