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Hi everyone thanks for joining me today
Its Jessica with INSPIRE TO EDUCATE
Today I am doing my first ever tag
This is the first date jitters tag
Originally created by La Tawnya over at SmartieStyle
Now in her video that she started
She talked about encouraging teachers
To do this tag video as close to they're first
Day of school as possible
I suppose I've already cheated
So I already had my first day of school
I have actually already had my
Whole first week of school
But I think these questions are still very applicable
And moving forward
They have and serve a purpose
So the first question
We're going to jump right in to it
Asks did you pick out an outfit
For the first day of school and if so
Show it to you
For the most part
Sure I did a little bit of shopping
Before the school year but nothing like
What I've done in years past
So this is just one of the new shirts I had gotten
Mid summer I've actually even already
Worn it before school
But it was nice it was light it was very comfortable
Which is usually my teaching style anyways
So this is the shirt that I wore for the
First day of school I don't know if the
Camera is doing a really good job
Picking it up on it
But it has like this brown teal
Just neat print
I wore that with a pair of Navy ankle pants
And just some basic flats
It was very comfortable
I felt good in it
It wasn't too hot
So that is what I wore for the first day of school
Now question 2 is what are you
Looking forward to most
In regards to the upcoming school year
Well every year
And I think this is what a lot of
Teachers talk about
Is I look forward to just having a new
New students to get to know
It's so fun to see how their personalities
Come out throughout the year
So I'm looking forward to just getting new students
Getting to know them
This is the first year where I'm not changing
Grade levels or schools or positions
So I'm looking forward to having my second
Year of just seventh-grade math
Now there is a slight exception to that
Because my accelerated curriculum has
Changed a little bit but for the most part
My seventh grade math class isn't
Changing and that is exciting for me
I'm hoping at least it'll make my planning
Life much easier
Number three question is what are you
Most anxious or nervous about in regards
To the upcoming school year
This year our school is going one-to-one
With Chromebooks
And that makes me nervous
Before we had some Chromebook carts
That we shared amongst our teams
Our school does teaming
And with the Chromebook carts
There were a lot of activities and lessons
I could do on the Chromebooks
So I'm excited for that aspect
But I'm nervous about the idea of
Students taking these home
There's a lot of issues that I'm just already foreseen
Students forgetting them at home
Students not coming to class with them
Already charged
A Chromebook breaking
So then a student can't use them anyways
And we've been told we're not going to
Have any extra Chromebooks that we can
Loan students
So if we have a lesson planned where
It's very necessary to have a Chromebook
But yet a student forgets it
It's broken
Doesn't have a charge
Those things make me nervous because I
Feel like every time I'm going to plan a
Lesson where I need the Chromebooks
I'm going to have to have a back-up plan
And I'm not looking forward to those
Frustrations
So any advice please let me know
Question four is
What is one area or thing that you
Would like to improve upon this year
I would like to approve improve on
My planning in that last year I changed
Positions and it was my first year
Teaching seventh grade
I had two classes of general seventh grade
And one class of an accelerated seventh
And eighth grade math class
So last year I didn't do a very good job
At planning that far in advance
It was just it was I was really struggling
With reading my students and
Being able to gauge where we would be
In a week or so
So a lot of times I would be planning
The day before
Making copies the day before
And that caused a lot of stress on my part
So this year since I'm not changing
At least my general seventh grade classes
I'm hoping that is one thing
I can improve upon
A few years ago I had no problem
Planning at least a week in advance
So I know it's possible
I just need to do it
So that is one thing I'm going to improve
Not what if I improve
Or I hope to improve
I will improve
Question five
Do you feel prepared for the first day of school
Well there goes
Back to I already had my first day
But going into the first day of school
I did feel prepared
We had a few crazy days and just
A few different days that were
Already pre-planned for us through the
Whole school
Then on Monday
Lets see here
That would have been August 21st
Was the Eclipse
So even then
Our schedule was a little different
Than normal
So we could take the kids outside
We had the approved glasses so the
Students could watch the Eclipse
So I did feel prepared for the first day of
School
I had some just some general activities planned
Letting them have the chance to work
In groups
To get to know each other
For the next question
Let's see here six
What will you miss most about summer
I've already felt it
So August
We all know a few weeks leading
Up to school
So for me it was
August 1st got to get in
Got to get my room done
Got to get my plans
Get my copies
It's a running a marathon essentially
Since the beginning of the month
I've already felt the effects of not
Having summer
When it comes to housekeeping
So I think that's what I'm going to miss most
About summer
Is not being at home to be able to just
Keep up on the general daily tasks for
housekeeping
Usually during the school year
It's the weekends
I mean as terrible as that sounds
Aside from doing dinner dishes each night
I'm not doing much housework
Just saying
That's going to be something that
Again I just need to get back into an
Adjustment with
I'm not saying I'm going to be all
Gung-ho and make sure my house is
Spotless every night before I go to bed
That's not going to happen
So that is something I'm going to
Miss about summer
Is just having that freedom of the day
The extra time in the day where I can
Get my house organized
I was able to deep clean my house this summer
That's what I'm going to miss most
Number seven is how are you going to
Improve your work-life balance
Okay
Honesty number two
It's not going good
It never really has
This is going to be my fifth year of teaching
And there's never been a time
Where I'm not either bringing work home
Or working on the weekends doing plans
It just doesn't happen
Now not to say I'm doing work
Every single night during the week
No
But I don't necessarily have that good balance
I also coach
This fall I'm coaching girls volleyball
And in the spring I coach track
So that also contributes to my work home life
It's not a good you know a good balance
And I'm just being honest
It's something that I hope with time
And gaining more experience
I will be able to find a better balance for
But until then it's not a good balance
And I'm just being honest
Number eight what is the biggest
Challenge that comes with the start of
This school year
I talked about one of the things
I'm excited about is getting a new
Group of students this year
But I feel like that's also a challenge
Is that process of me getting to know them
And their learning styles
And their interests
And them getting to know me
What my expectations are
What my procedures are for my classroom
It's just going to take time
And it that's what the beginning of the year
Is all about
It's that time of getting to know each other
And being able to work well together
Establishing that good classroom environment
Question number nine
Did you work hard or play hard this summer
That I had a good balance of
I took several days throughout the summer
Where I didn't get much accomplished
And that's okay
I had some really good relaxing days
Was able to get back into some reading
And just enjoy my time
Because that's what summer is
About for teachers
Being able to take some time for ourselves
And recuperate from the school year
Get ready for the upcoming year
So I did have some play days
Then I also had some workdays
Where like I said I was able to organize my house
I was able to deep clean most of my house
This summer I had some general house
Projects some landscaping work
I was getting done this summer
So I had a good balance between play
And work days
Then the very last question asks
Are you a new teacher or an experienced teacher
And the way La Tawnya from smarty
Style has categorized this is
If you're a new teacher
It's from your first year teaching
Through three years
And more of an experienced teacher
Is from I guess three years or more
Well like I already said
I'm entering my fifth year teaching
So her ranking I'm an experienced teacher
And I would say I'm an experienced teacher
When it comes to a variety of settings
But there's still so much to learn
And so much that
I want to learn in my own practices
So hey if she says I'm experienced great
But we'll talk more about that later
So I really enjoyed making my
First tag video
Thanks for joining me
Again I'm Jessica with
INSPIRE TO EDUCATE
See you later
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