Work From Home?
Posted by Jen Bragg on 28 May 2009 | Posted in: Organization and Supplies, Planning and Curriculum, Teachers and Teaching
For some of you, the school year has come to an end. But for many of you, it’s crunch time. You have just a few weeks, maybe just a few days, to prepare report cards, organize cumulative folders, complete documents for the district office—the list goes on and on! I don’t mean to cause you panic, but how will you get it all done? Will you take some of it home or will you set up camp in your classroom and complete a paperwork mini-marathon? Do you normally work from this location, or is this a one-time deal? For me, some tasks had to be done at school, of course, but I usually preferred the comforts of home to complete my work. (Well, that is until I got frustrated by the mess and wished I were one of the teachers who kept her work at school.) What about you—school or home? Teachers, I love reading your responses, so please share.
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I’m loooking forward for the summer but I was wondering if I can get some advice on what kind of learning activites for the summer cuase I do home school 2 children @ the same time being a full time Nanny either way have a great summer and looking forwad for the next school year!!
yours truly
Danette E Toledo
There are lots of things I’d rather do at home, and spend my time at school doing tasks that can only be done there, like copying, putting together class-made books, sorting the library, etc. So I bring work home most nights, I would say - grading math tests (which, considering I teah 1st grade, is easy to do in front of the TV), looking through education magazines or on the Internet for ideas, reading professional resource books, etc. At the end of this year I also sorted through a couple of tubs I had dumped “to-be-filed” stuff in, and did some end-of-year reports at home. Not an ideal situation, but it works for me and keeps me from being the last one at school every night.
But now my kids are out, and I am glad to be free of that for 10 weeks! I won’t miss it a bit.
I like to look for ideas for the classroom at home because I don’t feel so rush but when it come to the actual paper work of the job I would much rather do it at the school instead of home.
I try to keep my work at school if possible–I have lots to do @ home and I get distracted! When I am in my classroom alone, I get comfy. I wear my comfy clothes and maybe my comfy slippers. I make some tea in a fun mug (or get a pepsi out of the machine). I think it helps a lot to have a fun pen too–like the kids like to use @ the writing center! Then I put on whatever kind of music I am in the mood for and get to work!
This year I cleaned out my filing cabinet and desk before I started putting things away. I ended up staying a little longer than most of the other teachers, but it was easier to put things away and I feel good knowing that in August I will be able to find what I need.