"My school is a disaster but my room is a paradise." Wow. Now that's teacher strength.
Our schools aren't perfect. Some are less perfect than others. One of the questions I had as a young teacher was how to succeed despite everything I wasn't getting from my administrative team. "Control what you can control and forget everything else." was the advice two +20 year educators on my hallway gave me. In many ways, that advice allowed me to get past a lot of the complaining I used to do. I also stopped making as many excuses for why my kids weren't achieving at the level I wanted.
"I'm not supported by my administration but I feel very supported in my department" is something I heard from at teacher on the K-12 Greatest Hits podcast. It resonated with me. When I was just getting started, I didn't always have the best administrative support. Granted, they were busy and the school was falling apart so they didn't have all the time in the world to deal with all the issues a baby teacher was having, but it was the veteran teachers that saved me and taught me. It was the experience of those teachers who had been there for ten plus years prior that gave me the knowledge that would lead me to be successful.
Just because your school is unstable doesn't mean you can't create your own stability. It may take some doing, but it's possible.
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"I'm not supported by my administration but I feel very supported in my department" is something I heard from at teacher on the K-12 Greatest Hits podcast. It resonated with me. When I was just getting started, I didn't always have the best administrative support. Granted, they were busy and the school was falling apart so they didn't have all the time in the world to deal with all the issues a baby teacher was having, but it was the veteran teachers that saved me and taught me. It was the experience of those teachers who had been there for ten plus years prior that gave me the knowledge that would lead me to be successful.
Just because your school is unstable doesn't mean you can't create your own stability. It may take some doing, but it's possible.
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Related Articles:
New Dallas ISD Teachers don't know everything
Teaching even harder when Dallas ISD lacks structure
Support from Dallas ISD Students
Supporting Dallas ISD Teachers
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