someday this list will amaze me.

What I did today (or how this job is crazy)

• taught an advisory lesson after reading it first thing this morning.
  
• came up with said advisory lesson and materials ten minutes before class. always fun.
• rearranged math lesson after teaching it the first time to reflect student understanding
• graded/inputted 60 practice tests for students unit 4 tests next week
• mediated an ongoing dispute/fight between two girls
• held lunch detention for one of my advisees for constantly talking during my lesson today
• taught a study clinic, in which for 45 minutes, a student did everything in her power to try to get me angry. I did not bite, and continued ignoring her even after she said "When are you going to retire. I want to leave."
• held second lunch detention for a student who, during the study clinic, decided to use marker on my algebra tiles. Her consequence was to clean ALL the algebra tiles. She then received a half an hour lecture on her behavior by me.
  
• Called two different parents afterschool to give positive praise about their children's behavior that day. This went well, and was appreciated.
• Found heart sinking to get home due to receiving a tersely worded email from ANOTHER parent asking why their student's grades had dropped and gone down, even though I had sent home a progress report to answer that VERY question prior to report cards.
• called said parent and sorted things out
• Walked into Humanities teacher's class to find him kicking out a student he was having issues with. Brought her down to social worker's office and had a heart to heart about her behavior.
  
• went to hiring committee meeting to be informed that the position we are looking for is 'math teacher' as opposed to 9th grade math teacher, because apparently, we don't know what we're looking for yet. ( I am on the hiring committee this year, and have been chosen to find a math teacher for next year). This would be helpful if I knew what I was looking for.
  
• printed and made photocopies of materials today, which, not hard, is extremely annoying.
  
• checked work email and sent emails about a mediation required for two girls who are fighting in class, sent an email about one of my advisees continued latenessses to school.