I want to start by saying I love the school I work at. I commute 30 minutes to and from work. I wouldn't want to work anywhere else. We have a great school. Parent's transfer their kids to our school from other districts and schools. My own child is supposed to go to another district, but I wouldn't have her at any other school.
Although it is flattering that so many parents want their children at our school it is also a problem. Our school is overflowing with kids! For the past two years I have shared a large room. Last year I co-taught with another teacher. We had 50 kids, 2 teachers in one large room. It was great. The sense of family and togetherness we had was amazing. The students weren't just her students or mine, they were ours and I still consider them to me ours. Yeah, having 50 kids transitioning was loud sometimes. STEM and other project based learning was difficult and noisy (controlled chaos most days) but, I wouldn't have had it any other way. Co-teaching is a great experience. I would encourage anyone who is adventurous to try it!
That was in 2nd grade. I got the opportunity to loop up with my 2nd grade students. I now teach 3rd grade, and I am still in the large classroom. This year I am in here with another teacher and we have a wall. We don't have the same community as we did last year. It has been different but it has not been bad.
So, as I pack my things to leave this large classroom, because I have done my time back here, I just thought I would reflect a little.
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