Today, one of the six teachers/administrators who are assigned to my room* came in like usual. She was walking around while I was teaching and then after 10 minutes interrupts me and asks, "Don't you have a meeting to go to?" I told her I didn't think so. She informed me that my principal told her to come in and cover my class because I had a meeting. I was in the middle of writing conferences and about to start this awesome math lesson I had planned. I had no choice but to trust the resource teacher to follow through on my plans and execute them well. And I left to run around the whole school looking for this mystery meeting I was supposed to be at. It turns out, the meeting was supposed to be with the Open Court Consultant, the Reading Content Specialist, and the fourth grade team. In reality, the Reading Content Specialist double-booked herself, didn’t cancel anything and was no where to be found. I was the only one who showed up to this meeting with the consultant! The consultant was more than annoyed and trying to play it off like she didn’t care. I decided to use the time and set some reading goals for the fourth grade team. I think the consultant now thinks I’m in charge, which was the only positive about being ripped out of my room. The other teachers showed up about 30 minutes later. The consultant left after about an hour. Overall, it was a huge waster of time and money.
* Because I am the only teacher in first through sixth grade with less than two years of experience, I have been assigned not only as the special education inclusion teacher, but I also have 6 administrators coming in and out of my room daily to check up on me. This is beyond frustrating. I would be thrilled to have these people in my room if that meant higher student achievement. So far, it just means more inconsistency and more interruptions in my day.
1) A Math Content Specialist
2) A Reading Content Specialist
3) The Special Education Teacher
4) My Principal
5) A Math Resource Teacher
6) A Reading Resource Teacher
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