Thanks to parent teacher conferences I now have a bit of laryngitus (excuse the spelling). Thursday night, conferences started at 4:30 and lasted to 7:30 pm. Out of my 60 students, 38 showed up. On Friday, conferences started at 7:45 am and ended at 11:15. All but 7 of the remaining students showed up. Man, is my throat sore. But it was worth it, because I had numerous positive experiences with my kids parents (who knew some of them had cute dads...).
The best thing was that I lost the title of having the longest line!
Thanks to the district changing math to an everyday class, I no longer teach 140 kids -I teach the higher level students (this year that means 60). As a result, I'm able to gain a greater understanding of them and the areas where they struggle and can focus on pulling them up to my standards.
The funniest thing at conferences was when a parent walked by and saw my name plate and announced -you're the bunny man! One of my kids had told their parents about the day I had that Toys R Us commercial stuck in my head -the one with the Easter rabbits singing... The mom and I had a good laugh about it and she ended up telling me that her daughter loved coming to math because I made it fun and understandable. It's moments like that that make me proud to be a teacher.
The best thing was that I lost the title of having the longest line!
Thanks to the district changing math to an everyday class, I no longer teach 140 kids -I teach the higher level students (this year that means 60). As a result, I'm able to gain a greater understanding of them and the areas where they struggle and can focus on pulling them up to my standards. The funniest thing at conferences was when a parent walked by and saw my name plate and announced -you're the bunny man! One of my kids had told their parents about the day I had that Toys R Us commercial stuck in my head -the one with the Easter rabbits singing... The mom and I had a good laugh about it and she ended up telling me that her daughter loved coming to math because I made it fun and understandable. It's moments like that that make me proud to be a teacher.