A day in the life of a teacher

I am a busy wife, mother, and teacher during the school year. I decided to put what I do out for you. Some of you might be thankful to be a stay at home , or think I am crazy to work and raise a family.  Me, I love all my jobs. I would go nuts staying home all day as I do in the summer. I swear that I have ADD and can't sit still. Plus  I get to see my son at work (I can peek into his class) and next year I will have my daughter there. I get to see who his friends are and meet them. I see which teachers my children would benefit from and my mind learns new things each day. I enjoy trying to put creative touches on things that I do in the classroom.

So here is my usual day.
A.M:
5:45: My day has begun (shower and all that stuff)
6:30-7:00 Fix lunches and breakfast for us all
7:00-7:15 Kids get dressed
7:15 Leave for school (must drop daughter off first at daycare)
7:45 Arrive at school
7:45-8:10 Get things ready for the day. Emergency photocopying, mental prepareness, help other teachers with smartboard problems
8:10-8:30 Get students ready for the day. Nag them to have pencils sharpened, homework handed in, bathroom breaks
8:30-8:45 Take attendance and lunch count/ gather kids to math morning meeting
8:45-10:30 Teach reading, grammar, spelling, phonics, and sometimes writing
10:30-10:40 Yay a break! Recess. (Mondays no break for me out with students watching them)
10:40-11:05 Math Intervention or A.R. (mostly math review)
11:05-11:50 Teach Math (my least fave)
11:50-12:30 LUNCH (sometimes I eat in my room alone, with students at the VIP (what is that?) table, or in the lounge)
12:30-12:45 Story time (right now...Tales of Despereaux)
12:45-1:30 Social studies (my students leave and go to other classes while I teach this to others)
1:30-2:00 Reading Intervention or head to computer lab for intervention on computers
2:00-2:25 Teach grammar or writing (whatever I did not get to in the morning)
2:30 THEY leave...yay
2:25-3:45 Get ready for the next day, attend meetings, lesson plans, photocopying
3:45 GO home

Home
4:05 Greet family, check email, play with kids
4:05-5:30 Prepare dinner,throw load of laundry in, eat dinner, watch Icarly with kids
5:30-6:00 Veg
6:00-6:30 Bath time (either me or the kids)
6:30-7:05 Story time with kids, go over sounds, word cards with kids, and help son finish any homework.
7:10 Daughter goes to bed (say prayers and give kisses)
7:10-7:45 Surf internet, watch T.V, grade papers, email, lesson plans
7:45 Son goes to bed (say prayers, and give kisses)
7:45-9:00 Call family, watch DVR shows from previous week, chat with husband. RELAX
9 or 10 BED

Call me crazy but I get to get up and do it all over again all week long.

Comments

Unknown said…
That's amazing!!! You are one busy woman! I've been thinking about going into teaching quite a bit lately. It's good to know what I'd be getting myself into. =)
Also, as per your last post, I have a book called Frozen Assets you are welcome to borrow. It's got all kinds of recipes to freeze. It's one of those cook for a day eat for a month kind of books. I've done it a couple of times, but I don't follow it exactly. I just make a bunch of meals to freeze and then pull them out on days I'm too tired or overwhelmed to cook.
January 27, 2010 at 8:30 PM
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