Teacher work week

Last Friday was the final day for our students. Saturday morning was graduation. For all intents and purposes, the 2008-2009 school year has ended. Except that I am at work. And have been since 8:15 this morning. And will be from 8:15am-3:30pm tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday. On tap? Today it was a lot of meetings, moving forward it is one to two meetings a day and time to complete this exit checklist (anything in blue is added on to my list because I run the Social Studies department and anything in green is because I co-run the 10th-12th grade team):

• input and post grades and grade comments (mandatory for any grade below an 80%)
• compile textbook inventories for each class
• compile and submit facilities request for classroom
• write performance summaries for any students with IEPs that you taught this year
• complete a curriculum map reflection for each course taught (I taught 3 this year)
• complete self evaluation
• complete individual goals reflection
• complete staff survey
• update department philosophy and mission statement
• compile and submit 2009-2010 department budget proposal
• complete department goal reflection
• create goal/rationale/implementation frameworks for 2009-2010 team initiatives (of which there are seven)
• provide feedback for proposed student presentations of learning

If I can finish by Thursday afternoon I can have Friday off. Which would be really nice since I will be teaching rising 6th grade girls at our new candidate orientation all of next week. If anyone mentions to me in the next few weeks that being a teacher must be nice because of all of the time off, I cannot be held responsible for my response.