I Hate Meetings

Friday will mark the 6th consecutive workday that I will be attending meetings. As the school year begins, we teachers must attend a certain number of state mandated Teacher Development hours. 8-4 is NOT my idea of a fun time. Team Building and Professional Learning Communities (formally cluster groups) are the buzz words of the year. I am in the throes of trying to create some semblance of a classroom so that I can try to teach when Monday comes. 7:30 has been my coming home time this week, and I will be at school Saturday and Sunday, just to prepare for next week. Teachers should be paid for our extra, under-appreciated work. Ms. Watsit touched on this subject very poignantly here and here. Leaving $$$ out of the picture, I can't complain too much, because in looking at my roster my students look to be fairly strong across the board.