I went to work yesterday and boy I got a surprise. One of our
special ed directors came by and asked if he could talk to me. Of course, my
heart dropped and I felt that awful feeling that I was being sent to the principal’s
office- yikes! He wanted to tell me that I was needed somewhere else in a
teaching job since I didn't have any students. A high school was in dire need
of a special education teacher who could do Individual Educational program
(IEP's). So I said what would happen when I got students within my program and
he said that I would stay at the high school until they could hire someone full
time. When I get students the district would get a tutor or a sub for my
position.
So I head over to the high school to observe and get a feel of
the land. I never thought I would ever teach in an English class but that is
exactly what I am doing - wow! Of course, after observing the class I realized
that I needed some material from my class. After work I went to my program and
picked up writing prompts, logic puzzles, finding facts- most of my Do it Now
worksheets. I think these will be a life saver.
Today we used one of the writing prompts and it gave me an
assessment on how students can write a complete sentence. Quite a few students
start their sentences without a capital and all I's in lower case-EECK! So now
I need to find some worksheets regarding capitalization and the importance of
the capital I.
I am hoping that this job will be short lived so I can get back
to my original job. Now in the present I plan to get curriculum for at least a
couple of weeks. This way I will at least know what is happening daily. I
really don’t like the unknown- but I do my best teaching by the fly of
my pants.
Have any of you been thrown into a situation that was out of your
control?
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