Math AQ

It's been a looooooong time since I have posted anything here.  The last year has gone by in a blur.  A short recap:

September 2015: on OT list for OCDSB (yes!) but OCDSB is under work-to-rule due to labour action by teachers so no work (no!) but then I get a call to come into beloved Hawthorne on September 23 to teach Intermediate Science and Grade 7 math (yes!) and it turns into a two-month LTO (yes!) and then another 2 month LTO after Christmas (yes!).  I learned so so much.  See big holes in math understanding in some Grade 7 students.  Reflect on how to contribute to solving this.

November 2015-February 2016: did my Primary ABQ online through Queens.  Tough grind while doing an LTO and having 3 kids but I mad it and it was so worthwhile to get that on my OCT record.

March 2016: back to daily OT grind.  Lots of work, lots of fatigue.

Summer 2016: destress, plans to prepare for LTO list interview.  Hahahahahah.  Good one.

September 2016: back to daily supply grind.  Very little work until, again, end of September,and then got four weeks at Charles Hulse teaching kindergarten and then Grade 2.  Awesome experience again. Missed my intermediates though.  New way for call-outs through Easy Connect means I had no calls for my the schools I was commonly at last year.  Sad face.

October 2016: LTO list interviews.  Took a week to prepare.  Very stressful but I think I did well.  Will find out November 11.

November 2016: Calls still slow.  Not good.  New system really needs to go back to old system.  I hope the union is getting this message to the Board.  Sign up for primary/junior Math Part 1 AQ through Queens to go November-February.  Realize that holes in Grade 7 math started in primary/junior so this is my starting place.  Turn my blog into a learning journal for the math AQ for a while.  And that's where we are now.