Checking in

So, I thought I'd write about my first weeks of being back to work. Since I only work 3 days a week, I've actually only worked 9 days, so in reality its been less that 2 weeks. I've found it really hard to get back in the "groove" of teaching again and while I've learned the names of all 29 of my students, I feel no real connection to them nor them to me. They see me as the "other" teacher and my job-share partner as their teacher, and so they should, she's been their teacher since the beginning of the year. They will say to me "that's not how Miss N does it" or "Miss N says that we can...." Miss N has done and is doing a great job and I do feel that I'm checking in with her, much like I did when I was a TOC in someone else's classroom. It's hers and I'm just visiting for 3 months, trying to do as good of a job as she's doing. Basically, I'm just trying to get through til the end of the year and then hopefully start fresh in September. Only 36 more days to go......