This semester I'm teaching two sections of a research practicum and one section of a social issues course. I'm not at all worried about the latter as it is fun and relatively easy to teach.* However, this is my first time teaching the subject matter in this particular practicum, and I find myself struggling with it a bit. I am also on two college-wide committees that are fairly work intensive and I am in the middle of two reserach projects. Things are about to get busy.
In the interest of attempting to organize myself, here is my get-ready for-school list in no particular order:
- Decide on schedule for practicum
- Determine grading scheme for practicum
- Put practicum readings together in WebCT
- Put practicum project handout together
- Test software in lab
- Write lab exercises that utilize software
- Write first week of lectures for practicum
- Put finishing touches on social issues syllabus
- Determine grading scale for social issues
- Investigate pedagogical implications of requiring student blogs in social issues
- Find a peanut-free food that E will be able to carry for lunch at new school
- Get E’s hair trimmed
- Get my hair trimmed and brows waxed
- Meet grad student about our neglected project
- Get pedicure
- Call electrician about the short in living room overhead light
- Lose five pounds
- Try on my professional clothes to determine what will fit until I lose five pounds
- Keep trying to wean**
- Determine guest list for joint birthday party
- Order invitations
- Order cake
- Start running
- Update college web page to reflect office hours
- Find out when my faculty committees/ department meetings are scheduled
- Bake something to take to Baby M’s nursery the day of her actual birthday
- Throw away student tests that are more than three years old (we are required to keep work for three years)
- Put together WebCT pages for social issues
- Find shoes for Baby M who, while not walking on her own, likes to hold onto my fingers and walk
- Find out if I am already president of state association (the fact that I don’t know if my term has begun is embarrassing)
- Get email list for April 2008 conference I am organizing; talk to last year’s organizer
- Set up state association web site
Oh my! This is a big list and I know there is more that I am blocking. I guess it is good that I tend to do best working to deadlines (except for in the case of that dreadful text).
*I have taught it often enough that I think I could do it note-free for the entire semester. Still, it needs to be updated lest it feel stale.
**Despite taking bottles at daycare, she throws bottles and sippy cups at me when I try to give her milk (even breastmilk) in them. Then I break down and give her a boob. Help!
1 comment:
I like how you have personal grooming and exercise throw sneakily into the middle of the list :-) I'm a big procrastinator too, but find that I get overwhelmed by lists like this and then just don't do anything. I find just picking one thing to do first helps me get started.
Sorry the weaning isn't going so well - fraid I have no words of wistom on that.
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