One of the Things I Dread Most...
...is occuring tomorrow. I have my first observation by the principal, and I have NO IDEA WHAT SHE WANTS OR IS LOOKING FOR. And, quite frankly, I don't know if she knows what to look for either. I have 9 autistic kindergarteners who function somewhere around the mental age of 18 months up to 3 years. Does she even know what we do over in the "autistic wing"? I think she TRIES, really honestly TRIES...
...but I'm not convinced she knows the full extent of the disability or the teaching required for the students. So I figure this is either really bad for me or really good for me. If she knows nothing of these kids and expects them to function REALLY WELL during my circletime, I'm going to bomb out on this observation. If she thinks they can't do much of anything, I'm hoping she'll be surprised to find they CAN do stuff and that my delivery is good.
Then again, if she is perhaps knowledgeable enough to be realistic, maybe she'll have osme good tips and suggestions. And THEN maybe she'll think I'm either legitimately a really good teacher (I HOPE) or that I legitimately JUST SUCK (I HOPE NOT).
So keep your prayers going and fingers crossed for me tomorrow. I'll let you know how I think it went.
...but I'm not convinced she knows the full extent of the disability or the teaching required for the students. So I figure this is either really bad for me or really good for me. If she knows nothing of these kids and expects them to function REALLY WELL during my circletime, I'm going to bomb out on this observation. If she thinks they can't do much of anything, I'm hoping she'll be surprised to find they CAN do stuff and that my delivery is good.
Then again, if she is perhaps knowledgeable enough to be realistic, maybe she'll have osme good tips and suggestions. And THEN maybe she'll think I'm either legitimately a really good teacher (I HOPE) or that I legitimately JUST SUCK (I HOPE NOT).
So keep your prayers going and fingers crossed for me tomorrow. I'll let you know how I think it went.
posted by StargazerGirl at 10:57 PM
5 Comments:
good luck!
me claws am crossed for you!
::crosses fingers::
Carrie hasn't updated yet, but she text-messaged me the following: "She [the principal] liked. Wrote nice comments on a sticky note for me, I'll have a meeting with her about the whole thing later."
I will not disclose the subsequent text messages, other than to say they were about figure skating and not about sticky notes.
Kate ~ ::roars with laughter::
now, maybe u didnt mean it that way..but dat sounds almost..obscene??
::cant stop laughing::
glad the principal liked!
Yay, baby.
Hooray for goodness.
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