It’s to the point where I get emails with tasks ALL SUMMER LONG! I just don’t do it. I’m very active in the union so let them try to discipline me for not working off contract! 😂
Does lesson plans or administrative directives change so drastically that the email goes out that early? Honestly, if I were a 10yr teacher w/ tenure, that email would be unread until 2 weeks prior to reporting to work. I sincerely hope you enjoy your summer.
@@pattgsm I did read it because I figured if it was coming out this early then there must be drastic changes that need preparation. Nope. Just “welcome” and the schedule for the first week back. Day 1 (and I am not making this up): Resiliency training. Which is needed, but my resilience could be helped by not having reminders of the next school year cropping up in June.
Just loved getting yelled at by my former principal because I wasn't answering her emails in late June, July or August. She had my home email and phone # and emergency phone # if it was really an urgent matter. But she got all upset that, because I Was On Summer Break, that I wasn't reading all that whooey (most of which did not pertain to me anyway) on MY Vacation. (I never started reading district email till the last week of Summer.) Ordered me into school in the summer to move all my stuff out of my now-ex room. All the supplies I had they expected me to store at my home. I would have loved to have a principal like you, sir.
I’m a retired pediatric nurse so even tho it is a totally different job I understand students and parent dynamics. I think every teacher needs to work under you.
As a retired teacher in NY, I wholeheartedly agree with this. It was an anxiety increaser once the email came. Other triggers were Back to School commercials and, honestly, turning the calendar to August. You knew you had to go in, get your room ready, start prepping.
Recharging with a working vacation as usual. This summer I’m waitressing at a local diner while visiting various friends, taking day trips, assisting homeschooling parents to write up curriculum, syllabi.
I totally understand the desire to check things off of my to do list. However, I also know that it's not all about my needs. So, I schedule send emails and check it off my list.
I received our BTS email from the principal two and a half weeks before we are due back. I refused to look at it once I saw the subject line in the notification. Nope, nope, nope.
Make all of your purchases online and for delivery in the summer. This means that you will never have to go into a store and see all the back to school advertisements. You may live in delusion a little bit longer that the school year is not quickly approaching.