We had inservice today. Not my favorite day of the school year but a necessary one for teachers and other members of the staff. My district only has one day; we get tomorrow and the weekend off and then greet our students on Monday.
The information presented this year was pretty normal, nothing majorly new or different really. What was different was not surprising, the ideas already having been floated earlier.
However, this day reignited my teacher spark. I've spent most of the last six weeks being not-teacher-me which is not how my summers have gone before. I did not do major curriculum work or worksheet revamping or bulletin board designing. Coming into today I felt a bit out of it as a teacher to be honest.
I sat through the meetings and spent my unscheduled time working in my room where I made progress on some tasks. Then driving home I felt it hit me: the teaching spark had come back. I had reconnected with a part of me that had taken a hibernation.
That desire to build understanding is back.
And it feels good.
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