I'm here in Oahu, enjoying my one year old grandson and his parents. When I arrive back in Fairbanks on Sunday, I'll be prepping for a weeklong visit to villages in the Yukon Flats School District. Scheduling has been a real hassle due to all the other demands on teachers this week- parent conferences, a teacher workday, report cards, evaluations, oh, and did I mention teaching? So it turns out that I will spend 2.5 days in Arctic Village and 2.5 in Ft. Yukon.
Packing this time of year is really problematic. Freezing food might thaw on the plane, but non-frozen might freeze. I need to pack snow pants and boots, but it might be muddy and relatively warm. I always need to pack microspikes (or crampons) in case of icy paths. I'll be sleeping on floors, so I need to bring my camp mattress and lightweight sleeping bag. It is now dark more than 12 hours/day, so I'll need a headlamp.
That's not even counting the work related stuff- a presentation packet (stickies, pens, office stuff, etc.), materials that teachers requested (notebooks, whiteboards), dinner for the first site (chicken enchiladas for 6).
One of the schools has 3 full time teachers and an itinerant special ed teacher. That's it. Everyone does everything. Oh, no. The Halloween carnival is coming up- glad I'll miss it!
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i have a masters in special ed....
they need a teach?
just kidding, i cant move right now.
i like your bloggy
(i think the gabepentin just kicked in....)
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