Monday, October 20, 2008

Meeting with administrators

Had a meeting with administrators last week and we are still working on more equitable schedules among fellow P.E. teachers. Very interesting conclusion from the meeting. During the meeting it was stated that last year during budget time it was decided that I would go from .8 to full time by becoming the Adapted Physical Education teacher. Some point after that my kindergarten class load added four 45 minute and four 30 minute classes a week. When it came time to make my schedule this year I had a full case load of classes with just my kindergarten, first and second grade classes in two different schools, after classes had already started 3 Administrators got together to say I had to cover their Adapted classes and added 5 more classes to my schedule also adding a third school. I could not understand why I was being treated so unfairly until last week when I realized that there was little or NO communication between administrators! My schedule was created without anyone realizing it was 2 positions being carried by one teacher. Man, no wonder this year's beginning has been so hard and frustrating. The schedule won't change it has been 6 weeks and anyone who has ever worked in a school knows once it is in motion there is no way to make any major changes. At this point I need to make adjustments and find ways to get through it and educate administrators before next year's schedule starts being created.

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