Confidence

Thank God today was a better day than yesterday. This morning when I got to work I was informed that I will be having my own class once again from next Monday (so soon, I thought they would have waited till next term), I will still plan with Diana and we will have the two classes together sometimes, but for the majority of the time it's me and my assistant Karen in our own room with our own kids. I feel good about it as I think I need to be doing it on my own and not having to rely or let someone else take the lessons. Diana has been great of course and I will still be working with her, but we are different, she is messy and I am tidy, she is more relaxed and calm and I am not quite that yet. She has a lot more experience (her twenty odd years to my six and five of that was teaching Art, and last year was a complete write off) and that probably hinders my ability just a little, even though it is helping me by seeing her teach, it also affects my self confidence because she has an inclination to take over just a little (and if you are reading this Diana, I am trying to word it so you would not take offence, as I am truly grateful for your help and have learnt a great deal from you and will still learn a great deal more). We had our planning time together today and I planned most of mine myself, and I have done it for the next two weeks instead of the usual one week. I have also prepared everything I need for the next two weeks. I am probably boring you all now, but if you knew how long it takes for me to plan you will realise how much of an achievement that is for me, I especially am feeling more confident in planning and not feeling as stressed about the reports I will be writing in the next two week (I have not done classroom reports yet, and these will be my first), we will see how I go. Today I am grateful for the confidence that I have felt today. It has made me want to keep it going, and I am confident at this point in time that it will.
Steph

PS Sorry Joolz, I don't have any pics for you today.