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balking
By audhill | September 2, 2007
Reading Bud the Teacher write about being out of the classroom got me thinking about this past spring. I had an opportunity and a good shot at a job as a technology facilitator in my district. I work well with my tech director, I want to work more closely with technology, I’m interested in the use of technology in subjects I don’t teach, I like the staff in my building. My tech director is interested in some technologies that I’m not so interested in (video conferencing) but, she’s also interested in a lot of the technology that I am most interested in. blogging, videography, graphics. For the most part, it looked all good, yet I didn’t go for it.
I sat on the fence the whole time that the job was up feeling that it was a year too soon, feeling also the tug of all the things I hadn’t done yet. I haven’t used blogs to my satisfaction in the classroom. I spent all last year documenting every single day in my classroom and keeping the work in large ring binders. I haven’t yet seen whether such fastidious documentation improves my teaching or increases my flexibility. I never implemented my video interview project. I’m also pretty good at what I do now. It feels weird to think of getting good at something and moving on. And…once I leave… will I ever go back? I balked at the jump.
It would be exciting to be starting something new, but there will be another opportunity.