This summer's theme has been "Research."
I am starting my 10th year of teaching this fall and am currently in this middle of my Master's program. This is why it's a researching kind of summer. I think of myself as a life-long learner and I'm always reading articles and searching out ideas, but this summer has been even more so. I think that researching is a great thing. Teachers should always do reading. Teachers should always want to improve. I am always wanting to get better, but I have to say that this summer I am feeling very inadequate as a teacher. I think I have done too much reading and found too many new ideas and things I want to try, and I know that I can't do them all....but I want to. I keep having to step back and remind myself that I have come a long way in 10 years and still have many more years to improve my teaching. I always want to keep improving. But yes, I am feeling overwhelmed by all that I want to do, should do, wish I could do.
I am looking forward to this school year, because I am energized and have ideas. I just need to make sure I keep things simple. Improve where I can, and make sure I implement well and knock the socks off my math students.
Back to researching...
***EDIT: And moments after I hit publish I come across this article. How timely. I am not alone.
***EDIT: And moments after I hit publish I come across this article. How timely. I am not alone.