Professional Development

The bottom half of my classroom mural is signed
with former student's names. I left my mark. 

Today was the last day for teachers. Throughout the day meetings were scheduled for the upcoming year. These meetings discussed the new professional development coming through, which had been focused on writing. Another meeting was scheduled to discuss new technology that the district will implement, and training for it. I looked through today's schedule and didn't see anything relevant to me, so I didn't go to any of the meetings. I stayed in my room, and finished boxing things up and cleaning. I wanted my room to look nice for the next person. I had my greenhouse to clean out too.

My principal didn't say anything to me about missing the meetings or leaving, but he did introduce me to the new teacher. It was the same procedure as the last candidates, but this time they offered her a contract right away. When I met her she had already signed the contract. My first impression was that she was so young. She seemed very nice and excited to start. She had just graduated from Iowa State.

At the end of the day, I turned in my final sign out sheet to the office. However, I kept my keys. This summer I'm working with the after school program, and we need a key fob to get into the building. It was nice to keep the huge ring of keys. It didn't feel as final.