Two More Weeks

I have only two more weeks till the end of term. The available time to get things done is getting very short indeed. I am going to look at assignments and consider if I can apply for an extension for any of this. I have finalised what I want to do for the research project, it's just getting two seconds in a row to sit down with everyone to lay it out, and for me to draw up the scores to give to the kids.

I travelled over night this weekend to go to a classroom management session. After the abismal class on thursday it was exactly what I needed. I am failing because I don't have a strong enough activity base. Which is to be expected at this stage. However I now have a few more things that I can do in the classroom to keep students from attacking eachother. I have to talk to a lot more of the staff to get help with this class. What didn't help was the sudden reinclusion of another student that upset the balance of the room. Lets hope that I have a little more success than last week.

Parent teacher interviews are coming up soon, and I am not sure if I should feel nervous about them or not. I am thinking about them in advance, and I'm going to try have a comment for every student in my class. What I am worried about at this stage is the reports that I have to try and decipher and write this week. It's for the year 9's and it seems really hard. I have no idea what I am actually placing them against in order to be able to give them a mark.

I have a lot of work to do this week.