It’s All In A Day’s Work…

This post will be short. Short like Mr. Big White Guitar’s attention span. Short like my fuse for many of the slackers who call themselves “educators.”

Short like the half day we had in order to make time for meeting in cross-grade curricular teams. I’m on the social studies committee. Honestly, I am fairly excited for the potential these committees have. My principal is pretty dedicated to supporting our visions…it’s nice to feel listened to.

And then…

The social studies committee is deep into an energetic conversation about the direction we will take for the upcoming school year. Third grade teachers are throwing out ideas, second grade teachers are suggesting resources, fifth grade teachers are coming up with timelines…it’s beautiful. Notice, however, the absence of OUT OF THE CLASSROOM teachers from the dialogue. Hmmmm…now where did they go to?

Ah yes…it went something like this.

Committee co-chair: So, should we vote on a product to strive toward for the end of the year? As of right now, we’re thinking of tracing the geography strand across grades, creating a comprehensive curriculum guide for…

BANG!!!

Committee co-chair: What the…

And just like that, we all turned to see Mr. Big White Guitar’s head hit the table. Because he was asleep. In a meeting. After working half a day. During which time he had NO classes. None. Four preps.

Gosh, he must be tired.