This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Monday, November 3, 2008
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Well, obviously I am having some trouble keeping up with everything since I am a day late in posting on this blog site. I tried to log on last night, but technical difficulties prevented me from doing so until today. I am, overall, enjoying my new career as a teacher. I enjoy my students and my classes, the hours work well with my children's schedules and I have been using my planning time and early morning times wisely so I don't have alot of take home work. The only thing that I kind of do not like is that we have so many workshops we must attend. I am a club sponsor and extended day teacher, so I have workshops that I have to attend for that in order to gain points toward my annual club goal. Then I have the mandatory school related workshops that are required by my district. I am averaging about 2-3 days a month out of the classroom just for workshops. I know I am new to teaching, but alot of these workshops kind of overlap in their material. I am not complaining (too much) because I am blessed to have a good job that allows me and my children to afford the kind of life we live, but does the workshops slow down later on or do they stay pretty much the same? Just wondering. Thanks.
Hi, Shellee - that is a lot of time out of class for workshops and I am surprised they are having you do all that during class time. You may want to raise that issue as your students are not benefiting from you being gone that much.
ReplyDeleteIn the future you will have to do yearly Professional Learning Units (PLU's), or whatever they call them now, to maintain your teaching certificate through continuing professional training. I think they require 20 hours a year of such training but most, if not all of that is after school or weekend activities.
Hi Shellee, I understand your frustration with all of the workshops at school. I suggest that you talk to them because I'm not sure you should be involved in them, since you're in NTI. I suggest that you speak to your administrator and make sure you should have the PLU that they're assigning to you. I was told that I would be exempt from a lot of it since I was in NTI.
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