I finally seem to have a day that I can be little lazy. I knew that my September looked crazy on paper and now I realize it was REALLY insane! However things seem to slow a bit next month. I am wondering if everyone else went through some adjustments as they came onto the initiative. One of the biggest is the obvious change in financial planning!!! Wow how that gas can add up. Plus, I am hoping the planning gets easier with more experience. I seem to be going a day at a time and feel like I am barely keeping my head above water. Please don't take my comments as if I am not happy where I am because I can't imagine a better change in my career. This is a great mission and I can't believe I actually get to do it. I am just hoping that those who have traveled the path before me can send some advice my way.
I also have to include a picture of my beautiful nephew, Jackson. He's "helping" Aunt B today. Maybe by the end of the day he will be calling the dogs...dogs instead of "cat"!!!
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I agree with you Liz. The question I am asking myself (and head trainers)is now what am I supposed to be doing? Somehow I don't see this getting any better for 3 years (hopefully I will be able to get through a full cycle). I wish we had a manual for new trainer's with concrete ideas for teambuilders, exit slips, processing activities. Think about all the training you seasoned professionals have had that the newbies have not even heard about. Help out the newbies!
This is my 2nd year and I still am barely keeping myhead above water and I am part-time. Things will slow down for me by December but I hope they slow down for you as well. Keep asking the veterans for help. I certainly am not a veteran because I am still treading water. Hang in there girl. You are so knowledgable and such fun I know youare doing a great job.
My Am at Marshfield did not go as well as I had expected. some said they were doing what I was teaching and some said they didn't learn anything new. I know that is pretty universal. You will always have some who know it and some who don't. I was hoping I was taking in information that was not in the manual (which I did) but apparently they were ahead of the game (or faking it)
I revamped the afternoon due to the morning. it was pretty chaotic because I was trying to "figure" out what to do differently on the spur of the moment. I was upfront with them which helped. i just told them about the morning and I was up for suggestions. it went ok but I appeared a bit disorganized (which I obviously was since I scrapped my whole presention and started over without any materials).
Tracy and Kyla were great. Actuaklly my second group (1st grade and Reading Recovery) were awesome. Amber (reading recovery) and I did not trrain together but we spent out Early Literacy training together and the last several years before retiring, we were in the same Continuing contact class. I really enjoy her.
Oh, well. Hopefully the next 1/2 day visit will be better.
I'm going to go have several drinks so i can forget this whole day!!!!!
Have a good weekend. Again, hang in there, I would say I know what you are going through but I really don't since I am not full time.
Jennifer
Oh, my gosh, your nephew and that picture are absolutely beautiful! I was so excited to pull up the blog tonight (I am actually working on a Saturday night) and see that you had posted and people were commenting. I don't know if Elsie will see this, but I posted Kae's "faces" community builder on one of my last posts...
I'm drowning here but trying to stay afloat at my schools. I was in St. Louis last week, and next week I'm in a school every day until IRA. My daughter is presenting with me, thank goodness, because I am struggling to keep up...
So...I am really still very new at this, though it's my 2nd year... And the reason I posted a couple of community building ideas is because I was hoping that everyone else would do the same, and then we'd have a bunch!
Oh you are all so supportive. I am making notes about things that I have thought about. I have one wild and crazy thought about the manuals and training. What if we started with an empty manual? As we went through the years we could build up to the entire capacity of materials. My thought with this is that it would be less threatening to the teachers, plus it would keep us as trainers more vigilant in staying together because we would have to follow a protocol of what pieces go with specific topics. We might not all cover the same items at the same time, however we would know what pages to bring with us. Another key point is that the we wouldn't have copy expenses all up front, they would be stretched out over a time period. Well that's just one of the many thoughts flying through my mind...well 'cuz all of you know. I HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO THINK ON THE ROADDDDDD. (2,980 miles last month)
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