From Tyler to Mr. Jones
Earlier this (school) year, I became a teacher... officially. I use officially in a manner almost synonymous with the term technically. People like TA's, tutors and the like are not officially teachers in the sense of the word as I'm using it. But, they absolutely teach. Teaching may be their main source of income. But, when I say officially a teacher I'm referring to classroom teachers, in charge of a class, from content delivery to assessment. Here, I am not really qualifying teachers by their ability to teach/be professionals in general. Even though I was officially a teacher earlier this (school) year, I wouldn't say my first day was well marked by my ability to teach or professionalism. I started off the school year on a great foot by being late to my first class ever. The best part was arriving to my mentor and academic dean babysitting my kids. I was definitely shaken, though it didn't end up effecting my classroom management in that particular class at all. Yeah right.
Thankfully I'm at a school with an amazing department, and supportive administration. I got plenty of "it happens to everyone's" etc and even a letter from the head of school about not sweating it. Thankfully I've been able to bounce back and receive high marks on classroom culture and student rapport. Thankfully after all that I'm still a teacher officially.
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