I’m absolutely cruising right now. My juniors are on a week-long project in the library and my sophomores are watching a 3.5 hour movie (The Last Emperor) most of the week. Life is good! The only downside, if there is one, is that I have to walk across campus several times a day to get between my classroom and the library. I suppose it’s good for exercise though. The only thing I have left to do is grade the essays from my junior’s week-long project and then finals next week. With any luck, I’ll have all the finals graded by next Saturday so I can actually enjoy my Christmas vacation (or more likely, allowing me the time to put together curriculum for the second semester, at least up to the winter break).
My observation went well. I was rated at a pretty high level for a new teacher and my admin person couldn’t come up with any negatives. Her recommendations for improvements were decent, and I will endeavor to make those improvements on a lesson in January.