Friday. Sixth period. I got an email from the co-teacher, Ms. K.
The eleventh grade English classes are all co-taught. (This means that there's another teacher, a special ed teacher, who is in class with me.) The ninth and tenth grade ELD classes are not. (ELD=English language development. Read: English for non-native speakers.)
My day is: 1st block--conference period; 2nd block--11th graders; 3rd block--ELD; 4th block--11th graders. Ms. K is with my 2nd and 4th blocks. (We're on block schedule, so it takes me two days to see all the classes. Both even and odd days are the same, which is good and bad.)
Anyway, I had seen Ms. K in fourth period and I would see her again in eighth, so getting the email was weird.
But, the email explained that Ms. K wasn't feeling well and was going home. So, I wouldn't see her eighth period.
No big deal. It was a minimum day, the Friday before spring break. We were watching a video (on F. Scott Fitzgerald--background info before reading The Great Gatsby). It wasn't like she really needed to be there.
But, teacher contracts require all missing teachers have a sub. (I've been in classes where both teachers were absolutely needed, so I'm good with this.) Ms. K said there'd be a sub, and she let me know who it would be. (I wonder if she asked the teacher herself. I wouldn't be surprised.)
I was going to get to work with Ms. L again. Woo-hoo!
Last year, exactly a year ago, I was in that math long term assignment. Ms. L was the co-teacher.
And... Yeah, that's all the excitement there was. The class arrived. I explained the assignment. They whined a bit. I put on the video. While the video played Ms. L worked on her stuff. I got some grading done.
(I mean, it's not like I haven't seen her around since then. We've run into each other.)
It was a nice way to finish things off before our break.
Of course, this week was our week back after spring break. (I saved the subbing stories for the week I'd be at work.) Next week I'll post about what happened this week (as is my custom). I hope you've had a wonderful week.
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A perfect way to set-off spring break! I think it would take me a while to adjust to the block system. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't as hard as you'd think. (We've only been at it a few years.) The days feel shorter, somehow.
DeleteI don't know what there was to whine about! A short day and a video! Those strange schedules threw me in middle school. Absent a day or two and I never remembered what class would be first when I got back!
ReplyDeleteI will sometimes have a student appear wondering what day it is. When I'm day-to-day subbing, I generally ask the secretary if it's odds or evens. She usually has to look it up.
DeleteGlad you got a teacher you liked to co-teach that class.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Italy! 😜🇮🇹 (until Tuesday),
Ooh, have fun in Italy.
DeleteI don't know what kind of system my son's high school had but it was so confusing (to me - he understood it perfectly) I never understood it. It's nice to know your co-teacher and nicer that it was someone you liked.
ReplyDeleteI won't tell you what schedule my jr high had, then. (It rotated. Every day was different.)
DeleteIt's nice when you work with someone you like.
ReplyDeleteI am glad you got a nice co-teacher as a sub. As for the block system, it confuses me a bit but my high school system was even more confusing, in that unlike at most high schools here in the Netherlands, we had some classes only the first and third quarter (or I believe it wasn't even quarters but there were five or six periods) of the year and some the other periods, etc. We also had self-study hours which you had to get a certain number of per week or month or period I'm not sure which it was, but there were mor ein your schedule than you needed, so if you'd gotten all the checkmarks you needed, you could use the rest to chill out.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a lovely schedule. If I ruled the world, I would absolutely adjust school schedules to be more accommodating. I have ideas...
DeleteCo-teaching can be a delight. When I am queen, I'll rule that all classrooms get at least two adults in them. It makes all the difference in ability to manage smoothly. @samanthabwriter from
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Oh yes. I adore co-teaching.
DeleteInteresting, how well it worked out for you and L.
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