I have been to San Francisco twice now and both times I did not get a chance to ride in a cable car. Maybe my third trip is a charm. I am off to San Francisco tomorrow morning for a training conference. How exciting is that!
We have a new social studies program that we are implementing in the fall for grades 5 and 6. As part of the implementation, the company is providing a 4 day training conference in San Francisco for me and a teacher from each intermediate school. All I had to do was get the airplane ticket, the rest is on the company. This new program will actually be quite fun to implement. It is a hands-on social studies curriculum called History Alive. So far from looking at it closely before formally adopting it as our new program, it makes me really miss the classroom because I enjoy teaching US history and 5th grade was my favorite grade to teach.
The last two weeks have been full of different professional development opportunities for me. I participate with teachers not only to keep abreast of the latest but also because I do so much training on my own for the district and I want to stay fresh. But, each time I go I realize just how much I miss the classroom. Don't get me wrong. I love my job. I love working with curriculum and teachers. But I do miss the classroom a lot. I think it is because I really love teaching. I left the classroom to be a principal when I still loved teaching. I moved to the central office in curriculum because that was my favorite part in administration.
I have been doing some thinking since summer has arrived. Thinking mostly about what to do with myself since band is no more and I have way too much free time. This is probably a good thing for most people but I hate idle time. I have to be very busy. Now is the time to find something to keep me very busy again. I need some suggestions. I was thinking about taking a couple cooking classes. I was thinking of make Liz a quilt for her birthday by next summer. I was thinking about going back to school again because I would really like to go to law school. Don't want to take the entrance exam though, yuck! I would really like to teach at a local college or university. I could do some tutoring or maybe volunteer for an adult literacy program. I need to catch up on my scrapbooking. I should clean my basement. Help, I need some ideas.
In the meantime, check the blog. I will try and post some pictures while I am in San Francisco.
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