Well, tomorrow is the {{B I G}}meeting with our entire district to discuss the changes in Michigan legislation as it pertains to teachers in this grand 'ol state. I'm nervous...now that teacher tenure has changed I just don't know what to expect. I find myself wondering what I'm so nervous about - I teach with all that I've got...I don't have much more that I can give...yet I feel like maybe I'm not giving enough to keep my job.
My biggest question is about teacher lay-off. I'm not sure how it works in your neck of the woods - but in the past it's always been based on seniority {good or bad - I don't really know how I feel about that...other than I'm scared witless thinking that I could possibly be laid off - my district lays off at the end of every. single. school year.}. I know there are a good many who work without tenure or unions so you're probably wondering what all the fuss is about. There are a lot of rumors swirling and I think my imagination is getting the better of me.
So, this {{B I G}} meeting where a teacher-lawyer talks with the entire district under one roof to explain the changes and what we should expect starts bright and early tomorrow morning. I'm hoping I leave there with a sense of relief rather than despair.
I'm a glass half-full kinda gal...I tend to look at the world through rose-colored-Junie B. Jones, First Grader at Last-glasses....so I hope, hope, HOPE that all my worry is for nothing.
Keep your fingers crossed...
And if I do get laid off...anybody want to open a coffee shop with me? {Barb?!?}
