I don't know where to find some physical space at my school to make lesson plans and keep my materials, here is the problem...
The school I am teaching at has an all-male PE department. The school was originally built with one PE office accessed through the male changeroom and one PE office accessed through the female changeroom. These offices were separated by a wall. Recently, a door has been put into this wall so that the two male teachers can access the offices from the male changeroom side. The door to the female side is still there but I always had to enter and exit very carefully to ensure that there was never a line of sight into the female changeroom. In addition, once inside these two offices it is very hard to move. They are jam packed. There is definitely no room for me in there. There is one female staff washroom in the school, adjacent to the staff room.
Where should I get changed?
Where should I keep my materials/other clothes?
Where should I plan my lessons during my spare blocks?
All in my truck since it is parked on school property, where we are supposed to be for the entire instructional day?
It is a little cold for that in the Rockies in the winter.
My best idea is to do it all in the staff room and women's staff washroom, but is it going to give a bad impression if teachers always see me "hanging out" in the staff room? How about the other female teachers getting a bit upset because they can't use the washroom because it takes me the whole 4 minutes we have between classes to get changed?
Any brilliant ideas? What kind of physical space have you obtained at your schools?
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well not gonna lie that sucks. As for changing I don't think that I am going to. I think I will just dress in 'nice' PE clothes. Changing is a pain and takes some time. Also sometimes it's difficult if students have questions or a situation arises that you have to deal with you will have to stay after class or right up to the bell. You can't get changed when the other students are getting changed. And then most of the time there is not enough time for us to get changed and make it to the next class on time which I think is more important than wearing dress pants. We need to set a good example and if we are always showing up late then we really have nothing on the students. As for making lesson plans, the library could be an option. Or depending when your class is are we allowed to work at home and check in later in the day? That would be sweet if we could. And honestly I think more productive. I think come January I'm not actually going to want to observe too much, as I am just going to want to be planning!
ReplyDeletei am in agreement with izzy, i just wore nice pe outfits to class and brought extra clothing for changing when i needed to. seriously, who wants to put on nice dress clothes after sweating in pe. not me. i think when we are on our practicums we should try and make our lives easier. there is no law saying you cant wear pe clothing to class? if there is i am not aware of it. cheers
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