What a long, crazy week! Like Sam said, it was difficult to be out all day on monday, and to come back in on Tuesday to be "in charge" again. Although I really felt like I was making progress with being in the lead teacher role, I found that being gone for even a day "reset" their brains. By the next day, however, I felt like I got things back on track.
One struggle I've had this week was finding the balance between it being "my classroom" and it not being my classroom. Lead teaching is in some ways meant to mimic what it would be like to have your own classroom and students. I have found that it is difficult to have this experience with everything else going on, and the fact that lead teaching is only six weeks long. Knowing that in a few short weeks, my mentor teacher will be taking things over again, it is hard to make claims for things I want to try in the classroom, or systems that I want to change. In the end, it is not "my" classroom, and I'll be giving it back soon, and then I will be leaving.
The bright side is that I know I will get to try these things out next year. I've gotten the itch to start planning for what routines, procedures, and systems I want to have in my class next year, and that makes me excited. I enjoyed seminar last wednesday because it got me thinking about "life after Burton" and what my new school might be like, and how I can try out different things in my classroom (such as reader's workshop) that might work better than what I am doing now. All in all, I'm excited for what the future will bring as this school year wraps up.
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