As I mentioned before I received a box of books for my project this week. They are just lovely. The book fan in me is salivating. I have 3 weeks to evaluate the books, choose those I want to keep and return the others, before being invoiced.
So...here I am working on a Saturday. The Ministry of Education is so SMART! They forsaw this, I'm sure! You see, part of the budgets for 2 projects included "release time". "Release time" is teacher talk. It means you are out of your classroom and a supply teacher is hired. During that time you work on your project. Yeah...well...I'm a sucker! You see, I've done hours and hours of work already, as has my team. All of it in the evenings and weekends. Therefore not applicable for "release time" money. Hmmmm. So I'm wondering if the Ministry is going to let us have "lieu time". This is when you bank hours on weekends and evenings and then add them all up. Once you have enough lieu time a supply teacher is hired and you are FREE! Why am I skeptical??
I guess it's the perfectionist in me. I can't have a pile of books taller than my 7 year old sitting in my office and NOT dive in. I can't postpone starting this work until a day when a supply teacher is available. I'm a sucker, for sure!
So, what have I been up to today? First, I did some re-reading of Lucy Calkin's Primary Writing program- specifically the introductory stuff. Then I spent a pleasurable hour reading some of the new French books that have been calling to me. Later this week I'll let you know which books have made my "possible" list.
On Tuesday Cheryl, Francine and I are meeting for the entire day. This is "release time" and I can hardly wait!
