I have officially completed my first week of institute training. Yahooo!
It's alot easier to type Yahoo than say Yahoo. There aren't words to communicate how relieved I am that this week is finally over (when I first typed this sentence, I accidentally wrote 'year' instead of 'week,' does that give you a sense of how long the last 6 days have felt!).
We've been working at a pretty fast pace since Monday. I wake up at 5:30 and go to bed at midnight. At first our bus left at 6:35am, arrived at about 6:50am, and left at 4:45pm. Then, on Thursday and Friday, our bus departure time was moved all the way back to 6:45am, what a treat! And on Friday it was announced that our new departure time is 6:50am, which feels down right luxurious!
Lunch typically takes 30 minutes, sometimes more and sometimes less, and on one day this last week there was a 'working lunch' where we ate during a session. Every hour and a half there are 10 minute breaks, that feel like 2 minute breaks when you include the walking time from the various rooms we use for sessions and the necessary bathroom breaks.
Besides these short moments of rest, we are either participating in a session or working on lesson plans. That's it. That's what we do. Lesson plans and sessions.
On Monday and Tuesday evenings, after we finished our 6:35am-5pm day, there were sessions from 7pm-8:30ish, as well. Then, by Wednesday night lesson plans were due for everyone. Which meant lots of hours in the 'Resource Room.' And by a lot of hours, I mean 3-4. And Thursday was the same thing, except after my 3 hours in the resource room I spent another 3 hours working in my apartment.
All of this is my way to say, "This is harder than I thought it would be!"
But the reason I'm doing this is for that student who's reading on a second grade level. That needs to be my mantra as I continue in this process. (more to come later, maybe).
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