Ah, the final day of the school year has come and gone. It has been a growing year--a wonderful year! The second year of teaching at a school is ALWAYS better! The students know me and my procedures in class, and It feels unnecessary to prove myself to my colleagues. The new leadership this year has also been EXCELLENT. How amazing it is to have teachers held ACCOUNTABLE for their teaching practices as well as their attitudes in the classroom and out. Nothing pleases me more than a leader who demands exceptional employees!
Naturally, in a growing year there are changes which some people handle well, and others do not. There has always been a problem with "griping" at my building--teachers huddled together chatting about the evils of this and that and complaining about students, parents, teachers, and leadership. It had grown TOXIC! And I was thoroughly sick of it. I won't take part in it, I don't encourage it, and I personally believe teachers should be reprimanded for it. I honestly don't care if that offends people, because it is plain and simply WRONG and UNPROFESSIONAL. You know how quickly an employee in another profession would get fired for that kind of garbage??? In a heartbeat!
In all brutal honesty, I am thrilled about next year. Several new staff members shall help make my school a better, more positive place. A more constructive place. A more PROFESSIONAL place. And kudos to leadership for making that happen. Mediocrity is not what our students need. They need exceptional teachers. Teachers who care more for their students than their own schedules, desires, and complaints. Teachers who are flexible, honest, trustworthy, sincere, uplifting, and respectful of authority whether or NOT they are pleased with decisions that authority has the right to make--and demand--of them.
So with all that said, I shall enjoy my summer, because I know next year will be fabulous!
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