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HELP! My first yr teaching. I can manage my classroom
just fine, but not all this damn paperwork/lesson
planning. I confess, I'm a seat-of-the-pants sort of
person, but after only two weeks I can see that that's
just not gonna cut it for high school. We have new admin.
that's asking for 3 wks of plans, my emergency sub folder,
personal goals by next week. I'm finding that I just
manage to stay a couple of pages ahead of my class -- what
with grading hw, quizzes, tests and THEN to have to tackle
long-range lesson planning....jeez, no wonder no one wants
to teach; it's not teaching, it's paper-pushing. And
since I'm a newbie, I feel like all eyes are on me,
waiting to criticize whatever I do!

The kids are great. They're doing well grade-wise, class-
wise. But this paperwork is gonna put me in a strait-
jacket. (guess I should've mentioned, in case you haven't
guessed, I'm provisionally licensed--...See More


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