Being Amy

I just absolutely love being in Amy’s classroom.  She’s one of the first grade teachers.  We spent a good hour and a half in there today after our math meeting let out early (WAHOOOOO!) and planned all our math stuff that we needed to get done.  While I was looking around her room I was falling more and more in love with it.  She’s so organized, but not to the point that it makes me sick.  I saw some of her interactive writing (kids and teacher share the pen to produce a writing about something they’re learning) up on the walls and her shared reading.  It’s just a fun classroom.  It’s got that feeling of a professional who knows exactly what she wants to do with her class and her room.

As I thought about Amy’s room, I wished that I could just spend like a week with her and watch her work the magic!  She is a FANTASTIC teacher and I look up to her so much that I practically want to be her!  I know I have to figure out what works for me and what I like, but really would being Amy hurt me at all? I don’t think so.  Amy is so good that I often feel like a crummy teacher.  She’s so fantastic that I want to be one of her students!  I hope that this isn’t bad, but Amy is not my mentor and I secretly wish that she was because I could learn TONS from her.  Elaine is a great mentor and so patient with all of my needs.  She has gotten stuff for me that I need and helped me work through the harder issues that I have had and I truly enjoy having her as my mentor and being able to go to her with problems, concerns, and success stories!  But I want Amy to be my mentor too!  Elaine says that she’s worked closely with Amy in the past and says Amy is very closed about sharing her "magic" secrets, but has gotten better over the years.  Maybe I can figure out a way to secretly slip into her mind and take everything out and put it in my classroom! If anyone has suggestions….

Anyway, that’s just my little rant and rave. I think being Amy might become an obsession. Watch out!

Love,
Jerseycorazon