MFA 2025 Day 2 Check-In by Aris Winger

2025-03-24 21:35:30 UTC

Other staff members who don’t believe in making adjustments for students who’ve experienced trauma

It's a Monday

2025-03-24 21:35:35 UTC

I'm tired, but I appreciate your energy, welcoming authenticity. Grateful to be here.

Spring break needs to come

2025-03-24 21:35:41 UTC

I've been better

2025-03-24 21:35:46 UTC

lots of factors weighing me down today.

Great!

2025-03-24 21:35:56 UTC

Ready to go to bed!

2025-03-24 21:35:58 UTC

I am ready to go to sleep but am happy to be here until then!

March feels like the longest month of the school year

2025-03-24 21:36:09 UTC

Very good week!

2025-03-24 21:36:09 UTC

laurie23 — 2025-03-24 21:36:15 UTC

Healing well, but have to remember limits.

Ok

2025-03-24 21:36:20 UTC

Tired but good. Appreciate your energy!

Tired

2025-03-24 21:36:21 UTC

2025-03-24 21:36:46 UTC

Things have been very taxing. The classroom has been the best part.

2025-03-24 21:36:51 UTC

Really tired today.

Felt good to finally finish a very long unit on linear relationships, systems of equations, and scatter plots!

2025-03-24 21:36:56 UTC

Broken shoulder bone

2025-03-24 21:36:58 UTC

I am stuck at home with a broken shoulder bone. So, I'm frustrated that I can't work, but also getting plenty of rest.

2025-03-24 21:37:04 UTC

A student who said she looked forward to coming to school for the first time in her life

Ok

2025-03-24 21:37:10 UTC

I teach seniors. College decisions are coming out. The beautiful series unit is not their highest priority, but I think they still appreciate it.

2025-03-24 21:37:25 UTC

Class was good today. The students were engaged in the lesson.

Patience

2025-03-24 21:37:38 UTC

I tried to exercise more patience for my students this past week. Monday is hard for my students. Last Monday was brutal... Tuesday I decided that my only goal was to stay calm and hope that my calm energy helps my students re-calibrate activated nervous systems.

2025-03-24 21:37:42 UTC

So good! My school does this thing where we don't run regular classes and each teach an elective for the week, and kids get shuffled into each elective. It's a great break and fun. Now, back to normal school.

2025-03-24 21:37:49 UTC

The past 10 days have been very busy. I am happy it is over.

More strategic check-ins

2025-03-24 21:38:46 UTC

But I am still struggling to build connections with some of my lower performing students.

2025-03-24 21:39:23 UTC

Seeing students challenged in new experiences

Tried one of the sentence starters

2025-03-24 21:39:41 UTC

not sure if it did anything but at least it couldn't hurt

Managing burn out

2025-03-24 21:41:01 UTC

It is hard! But I am trying

A teacher who said she missed doing math with me!

2025-03-24 21:42:42 UTC