Tuesday. Lunch.
I had just finished getting the students into their online gradebook (see yesterday's post), and I was organizing my stuff as things kind of go all over the place during class. The classroom door opened, and in walked a stranger to me.
He identified himself as Mr. N, the new teacher.
I had heard the prior Friday before leaving school that they had hired someone. We were in waiting mode, waiting for his paperwork to clear. As soon as it did, he could start.
Mr. N told me he was starting Wednesday.
All-righty, then.
They gave us two days of transition. Mr. N needed the time to get his feet under him. I showed him what was up with the success classes. He was also hired as the school's new athletic director, so he had a lot of stuff on his plate. (It's been crazy without someone in that position as the school year begins.)
But Mr. N is close in age to me. He's been at several schools. He's taught, coached, and done all the educational things, so he knows what he's in for. They're in good hands.
That was the gig I signed up for. This is probably the shortest vacant position I've ever done. That's a good thing, really.
And now, back to the day-to-day subbing of it all.
(I told the kiddos this wasn't goodbye. I'd be around. A lot. And I will.)
Good luck to Mr. N, he sounds very capable of handling all the things to be thrown at him!
ReplyDeleteYeah, he's taught for a while. He'll be fine.
DeleteGlad there in good hands.
ReplyDeleteGood luck to Mr. N.!
ReplyDeleteHi Liz, the video I saw tells exactly what you mentioned to me about...follow.it, and how to implement this on my blog. I haven't been feeling well (pretty tired and lethargic), so I haven't worked on it yet, but I will soon. Thank you so much for your help, dear friend, I really appreciate you.
ReplyDeleteAnd I wish Mr. N. (and you) all the best in everything!
No worries. I have about five things I want to get to, but work has gotten in the way. Such is life.
DeleteBest of luck to Mr. N. And now, onward to the next adventure for you.
ReplyDeleteSo far that's been a lot of middle school. (I'm currently watching 8th graders take a standardized test.)
DeleteHopefully things will run smoothly!
ReplyDeleteThey will see a lot of you. They don't know how fortunate they are yet.
ReplyDeleteDo you ever sub in elementary?
ReplyDeleteNot if I can help it.
DeleteSounds nice to have a new teacher to fill the holes. My kids recently started back up again, and I went to back to school night. I visited each of my son's 8 periods, and each teacher only had 6 minutes to talk before we were off to meet the next. Seriously all the stuff they do, and that you fill in for, is crazy!
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot on teacher's plates, that's for sure.
DeleteWhat? No Athletic Director at the start of the year? Who ran the football camp for the week (or two?) before starting?
ReplyDeleteNo idea. Not my problem. (They do have a football coach, though.)
DeleteMystery explained. ... actually, now that I think about it. My high school was small enough we might not have had an Athletic Director... just teachers who coached various sports during each season.
DeleteSome sports have teachers as coaches. Some sports have "walk on" coaches (coaches who only coach that team but don't work on campus otherwise).
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