First big observation

Happy New Year!! I can't believe we're about half way through January already! Time flies when you're busy...

Well, I had my first observation last week that counts towards my salary. It was a little nerve racking, but that was just because I knew it was coming and wanted to get it over with. I'm comfortable with my mentor teacher, who did the observing, and I felt really good about the lesson afterwards. The kids were well behaved and engaged for the majority of the lesson, (which can be a trick since our lessons are 100 minutes long). The class also seemed to go by quickly.

I met with my mentor today and discussed my progress and evaluation. It seems my self evaluation and his evaluation were pretty much on the same page. This, of course, is a good sign because it means that I'm fairly self aware of my strengths and weaknesses. It was also good to hear that I'm making a lot of progress! Seems teaching and me work well together!

Anyway, I'm just relieved to have one of the BIG ones over with...