I suppose "beginning" is a rather poor choice of words, but it's appropo for this time of year. In reality, this is my seventeenth year of teaching, and eleventh year in middle grades. This year I have a sixth grade crew in a STEMcentric school. The curriculum is great, divided into very reasonable chunks, and I'm in the process of balancing time with objectives. It's an exciting time of the year, and no mistake.
You, who are veterans, know the feelings I'm talking about. You wake up (if you managed to sleep with all those ideas running around your head), full of energy, full of hope, and full of determination. Anything is possible, all is probable, and it's up to you to make it happen. If you're new to the profession, there's likely a bit of anxiety there, too. Relax. This is not only normal, but can work for you. Tell the 'gibbering monkey troop' in your head to be quiet, and look at what your heart is trying to tell you. Open your mind and see that the anxiety is really just a mental checklist running through your head on overdrive. Get together with your mentor, if you have one, or get one if you don't, and work through your concerns.
This level we teach within is sometimes called the critical middle. So much happens during these three, short years. Let's get prepped, get pumped, and get movin'!
Appologies for the brevity, folks, but there's work to do!
See you next time... .
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