Friday was the end of the trimester, so today was a teacher work day. I started at a math meeting at Wawasee High School. It was supposed to be a vertical planning session, but it didn't feel overly productive. Our group tried to stay on task, but others decided to follow their own agenda. It helped to ask our 7th and 8th grade teachers questions about their standards and rules in their classroom, but I was glad when the meeting was over.
I spent the afternoon working in my classroom. This year has been challenging because of the number of students in 6th grade. We have over 80 right now and this has typically been the time of year when we get a lot of move-ins. I have found it difficult to manage that many students and continue to hep them grow academically. I appreciate that my own children do not have to be in classrooms of this size. Cam's entire grade was only 29 students to start the year and they have two of sections for each subject. Thus, he rarely has more than 15 in a class. Meg's class sizes have pretty much been the same as well. All educational studies have shown that the best way to improve education would be to reduce class size. Most agree that twenty-two should be the maximum a teacher should have to run a classroom effectively. I would love to see that implemented in our district.
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