Sunday, November 30, 2008
Where do I sit?
I feel like such a middle schooler, but really, where do I sit? My second grade team used to save each other seats for important group events like faculty meeting and lunch. I seemed to have lost my "place". Also, especially at faculty meeting, I don't really fit in. Much of the discussion covers specific grade level information. Will I always feel like I'm on the peripheral edge of my school community?
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That is how I felt as a special educator. However, even as a special education teacher I still had a "team". But I still think you learn to fit into your new role and eventually, after 10 years or so, embrace it. It just takes time. Remember the transition when you were a new teacher??
Kandyce,
Being a School Psych., I am in much the same boat. Where is my community within each school I serve? Where do I acutally fit in? This bothered my the first few years. Then I found out that the High school teachers have to take tickets at games, attend dances, and chaperone. The Elementary teachers have "back to school night" and PTC's. They were constantly being watched and rated by principals, and other staff within their grade-levels, or departments.
No one watches over me. My autonomy have become my freedom. I set my agenda, and my schedule. Nobody else even knows if I am competent. Needless to say, I am an island... and I think i am a Caribbean island (at least at work).
I think you will find the same thing. You have your domain; and you are the master. You set the agenda. You produce the system. Control can be a wonderful thing. Just don't tell my wife. She already has too much control of things. Can't have her seeking out a new domain. =)
Travis L.
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