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View submission: What drives you to stay teaching?
It definitely sounds cheesy but I stay because I know I’m making a difference in my students lives. I’m on year 7 and finally feeling like I’m finding my groove. It didn’t help that we basically completely redesigned/rearranged our curriculum the first three years in a row I was at my current school. The first few years are the hardest and it sounds like you have a much more demanding day than I do, most places recommend new teachers do not take on extra classes, clubs, sports etc. for that exact reason. All you can do is try to find a grove and procedures that work for you to make things easier. Find ways to streamline the process, whether it’s an email template for initial contact with parents, Google forms for yourself to help track behaviors or parent contact, ways to have everything in one place, procedures for meetings, grading, planning. You may have to try a few out different styles of grading/planning/organization before you find what works best for you and/or what works best together.
Comment by No_Atmosphere_6348 at 09/03/2025 at 19:10 UTC
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AI is to your friend.