Staff react differently to coming back to school. Some teachers never mentally or physically leave for the summer as they stay close to their email and classroom, redesigning lessons, and organizing their stacks of teaching materials. Education is a waterfall of activity and these work-horses never truly step out of it. For the majority of teachers, the summer brings a long deserved break from kids, parents, grading, meetings, and bus duty. Plans are made to travel, see family, go camping, and just sleep in. Most teachers need to recharge and get away from the school in order to continue to love it. Either way, teachers are different creatures. This life in education is most closely related to a calling, and someone can tell right away if it is not in their blood. The average layman who has not had the privilege of teaching does not understand why teachers absolutely need June, July, and August off as a break from the classroom. The amount of responsibility of taking a classroom full of kids and educating them in subjects where they haven't the slightest clue, is a thoroughly exhausting and monumental task.
This school year, reflect on why you chose the field of education, why you stayed in the field, and what you will do to make your classroom and instruction more engaging and rigorous for students. Charles Darwin said... "It is not the strongest of the species, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change." Whether we like it or not, education is always changing. Embrace change and be a positive agent of change in your school. Students are relying on us, parents are trusting us, and the state and federal governments are regulating, standardizing, and funding us. Have a great year, be safe, and work everyday to outdo yesterday.
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