Before I had even left the school building yesterday, I got a phone call about work being canceled the next day. It wasn't even snowing yet! I knew there was a lot of blizzard buzz but usually Newark Public Schools doesn't cancel so I knew it was going to be a bad one. It's now almost 6PM and I haven't seen it stop snowing since I woke up this morning. Serg is currently outside trying to snowblow the approx. 18 inches. And it's supposed to keep snowing! Thank goodness school is canceled tomorrow too... it was supposed to be parent/teacher conferences and now I have a 6 day weekend!
But if you know me, you know that 6 days off doesn't mean I'll sit around doing nothing. And I surely haven't... I've been working on a portfolio that I need to hand in to my vice principal and principal in May. Because I was evaluated as a "Distinguished" teacher last year, this year I had the option of not being observed. And instead of being observed I had to come up with a goal and then portfolio my work towards the goal. So I decided that the best way to do this is to... SCRAPBOOK! I always take a ton of pictures of my classroom and kids doing work so it shouldn't be too hard to put together. I've gotten a couple of pages done already, so here's a sneak peek:
I still have a lot of work to do... but what do you think? Hopefully I'll be evaluated as distinguished again!
