DLP Reflections: Cycle 4, Week 8: At the End....

Well, when I do my weekly reflections, I like to make a little video. But, for some reason, my computer is not recording sound, and I don't have to patience to trouble shoot! It has been a long week (I started writing this on Friday, today is Monday)!

Testing is finally finished, and we are quickly approaching Federal Programs monitoring (all Title I schools in the district with have their ACIP evidence box reviewed as well as question and answer sessions for faculty and staff) We are also shifting into end of year academic celebrations (for students and my own children), field day, Rising 7th Grade visits (from four different elementary schools), Rising 9th Grade visits (just a quick walk next door), and probably a few other things that have just slipped my mind.

Oh May.....you bring us the end, but with so much baggage!  

As usual, I am playing catch up. I feel like I have been absent for this entire cycle. The needs of my family and the requirements of my job haven't lined up very well these last few weeks! But now, everyone is well and happy and I can attempt to get back to something that looks like normal.

Maybe.

As we wrap things up and begin to wind down, I find myself reflecting on my performance in this position this year. I believe I went into it with the best intentions. Wanting to help and open teachers eyes to different ways their teaching and students' learning could be transformed with the use of technology. To do something different with the resources we have been given by our district. However, I felt like my teachers needed something different. Something that I have because of the types of experiences I have had these last 14 years as an educator or just the length of time I've been teaching. And while it was my intention to help them find what they needed and then move on to the tech piece, it just seemed like I could never figure out how to balance the two. The need was so great.

So, I'm going to do what I can to finish strong. To thank the teachers who have worked with me for their time and apologize for not being as available as I could have been. And when these last few weeks are over....