For the teachers in Ontario, the thought of being in a classroom slightly disappears between June 30th and August 26th. Principals and Vice-Principals of the Avon Maitland District School Board are officially on vacation between the second week in July and the third week in August. I am pretty sure that this is similar across the globe. (If your Board/District is different, please inform us as part of your comment below.) So what does that feel like?
EVERY DAY IS SATURDAY!!!
Some of you have different vacation times; however the feeling is the same. We do our best to turn off school. Outside of professional growth opportunities, such as the five online courses that I am taking this summer we do our best to, as Chef Ramsey would say in the episodes of Hell’s Kitchen, “Shut it down!” We do this because we all recognize that school becomes a part of our everyday every moment and fabric of our psyche. Whether is at 2 o’clock in the morning, standing in line at the grocery store, walking the dog, working out in the gym, etc. we are engulfed with thoughts of how to improve our practice, what should we do next in our unit/lesson planning, reach those students who we know can do better, and/or reach that parent or community member who desperately needs our attention.
OUR SUMMER VACATIONS ARE WELL DESERVED!!!
Now our summers and vacations are coming to an end. My former school districts down south have already begun: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools’, Durham Public Schools’, and Orange County Schools’ first teacher work day was August 19th. Wake County Schools System’s first teacher work day was August 20th. Nevertheless, all schools, with the exception of CHCCS (August 27th) will begin on Monday, August 26th. Ontario schools will begin the day after Labour Day!
What do I use to get my mind in the right space when the time comes?
This blog is actually dedicated to you. I am going to share what I use to get my mind in the right space. Here are a sample of mine.
What do you use to get your mind in the right space when the time comes?
Now it is your turn. Please comment on what you do to get yourself in the right mind space to help mold today’s youth. If you are going to use a clip from YouTube, please click the share button and copy/paste the link provided. Also, please follow this blog so that you can see other responses from potentially seven different countries.
ENJOY!
The Thoughts of Burt 