teacher advice
I am starting my sixth year teaching. That's not many years, but it seems like a lot at the moment. If I could go back and change the teacher orientation speech that I was given, here's some points to include: Every year is the exception. My first year was difficult only because it was my first year and I was building curriculum and learning classroom management. My second year was difficult - but only because we changed gradebook platforms, moved all of our assessments digitally, and because I had to fill in for the teacher next door who was on maternity leave. My third year was also difficult, but that was only because we changed assessment platforms and Covid hit that spring so we were digital. My fourth year was difficult, but that was during a pandemic and we were hybrid digital/in-person and that's not likely to happen again, so a different school year would be easier. My fifth year was difficult too, but that's because we changed assessment platforms (again), kid...