Another Teacher Question!!

ac212000

Ok, so I am due on June 6th (the last day of school, technically...) I feel like I am going into the nesting stage at school trying to get my classroom ready and feeling the need to clean-out all my closets and organize. Also, feeling the need to prepare should I have to be out early.

 Are any of you teachers and due right at the end of school??? And if so, what, if anything, are you doing to prepare?? I should mention that I am a special education MH teacher so I feel like every one of my students needs their own file prepared!!!

geauxfrogs

With DD I was due 6 weeks before school let out. I got a couple of weeks of stuff put together, but the person who was taking my place had just finished her student teaching at our school in another 8th grade science classroom, so she knew all the procedures and the other teachers in my area. I'm not working this year.

Do you have a date you are stopping or are you going until you can't anymore?

ac212000

I plan on working as long as possible. I used a lot of sick leave already as I was VERY sick the whole 1st trimester and part of my 2nd. I know I am at LEAST taking the week before off if not more....

AndromedaEclipse

I'm due a week after teachers leave and two weeks after students finish finals.  I won't have to teach an actual lesson for three weeks before I'm due.  I'm just planning to finish out the year normally if I can.  I'm not going back in the fall, so I'm not worried about getting ready for next year.

bnokeefe

I'm not a teacher, but I'm a school counselor. I am due May 30th, and school is over for the kids on May 31st. I am planning on working until May 18th. Right now I am moving as I can, but there's obviously a lot that needs to be done after I'm gone. I will not have a sub, so the other counselors have to split my caseload, in addition to their own. I feel bad about this, but we've done it for other counselors recently, and it's really not a big deal. Still, I will be bringing them a nice lunch before I leave!

amytgriffin

I'm due in mid June and my school's last day is May 24th, so I am working through the end of the year unless Eily comes super early!

 I wanted to reply though because I had the nesting bug SO bad today!  I spent both planning periods going through closets and reorganizing and pulling my stuff apart from the school's stuff.  It made me laugh that my nesting was spilling over into the classroom! Glad I'm not alone in that.

jamiah18

I am due two weeks after school is done but have high blood pressure so there is a possibility I'd need to go on bedrest if my blood pressure worsens.

However, I plan on working til the last day and have also been trying to get my room ready for whatever happens. 

I am having a hard time dealing with the unknown but I guess I should get used to it:) 

bndy_lyn

I teach 6th grade and am due 3 days after our last day of school.  I am planning to work right up until the end unless LO comes early or my doctor suggests early leave for medical reasons.  There are about 2 instructional weeks left following our EOGs that I am pre-prepping in case I need to be out.  I am also packing up my classroom as I will be staying home next year.

RookieBride

I'm a high school teacher due June 8th, having a c-section May 15th.  I'm scrambling trying to get everything ready for my kids before I give birth.  Its very stressful trying to get everything done.  I am also a special education teacher and I'm just trying to get their ieps done before I leave.  I'm working right up to the end although I wish I could take more time.  

chouli77

I am due 7 days after the last day of school and I knew I needed to start planning for the end, but haven't yet. Thanks for posting this. I can and should be able to do all my lesson plans at this point, and get my room organized better.

colonialbride

I am due a few days after graduation, although I will most likely have a repeat c-section, so I can kind of select the date (give or take). I haven't really started to prepare aside from the fact that I coordinate our school's graduation and want to have all those plans together just in case. I guess I am not really thinking that I only have about 2 more months...yikes! Good luck!

krb03

I teach HS Social Studies & have seniors & freshmen. My due date is June 2nd, which is graduation for us. I would like to be able to stay as long as possible, but we'll see.

Unfortunately, this week I am taking off for medical issues. I have "weird pregnancy rash" right now. It started about 3 weeks ago, but this past week it has spread ALL over! I am waiting for results from testing, but was told to take it easy this week & take off if possible, so I am listening to the doctor. I was at school for a while yesterday getting everything ready for this week. Hopefully, this is the just for this week & I won't have to worry about getting more things ready for a few more weeks.

notfrancie

I am due 2 weeks before the kids get out and I am panicking about how to wrap it up, too.  I have a huge classroom library (about 800 books) and am super anal about it so I am bribing another teacher in my grade to pack it up for me.  I am seriously thinking about going in one day to supervise this because I don't trust anyone but my own Tony Soprano side to make the kids bring ALL of the books back from under their beds and various ditches where they might have left them .  

Lesson plans shouldn't be too bad, but I am going to try to make them for the sub before I go.  I am going to try to work up through Memorial Day weekend, but again, who knows.  

Stress monster! 

 

ac212000

Sounds like a lot of you are in the same boat! Good luck everyone! I think the teacher in all of us likes to be in control of our own classroom and supplies, but one of the posters said it well when she she said I guess we have to let go of all of that...

I am blessed to have a full-time special needs assistant so I feel good knowing he will be in the classroom with whatever sub comes in.

On a side note, I went on a major cleaning, organizing binge in my classrooom today. Nesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope everyone has a good end of the year, whenever that end may be...

ajbezo

I am due June 21 and the last day of school is June 25 (really late).  As of now I am planning to work as long as I can depending on what my doctor says I am get further along.  I am a Special Education Learning Support teacher so I am making sure all IEP's and all other paperwork is done by early May or so just in case. 

pumpkinpie184

I am also a teacher, and due June 7th   Our last day is June 1st, and I know what you mean about trying to get things all cleaned out and wrapped up for the end of the year.  My principal told me not to worry about making plans for a sub in case I go early...but I'm maybe just going to have a bunch of worksheets copied for the kids just in case.  Fortunately, it's the end of the year and we're pretty much done curriculum wise by the last few weeks of May.  On top of everything else, they are building us a new building and will demolish our existing building June 2nd...just one day after the last day...so everyone has to be packed and moved...I'm a little stressed about how I'll be able to make this happen all big and pregnant!

Perrysbride

I'm due two weeks after school gets out, but I have already started to prepare to be out for the first 12 weeks of next school year.  Do you have a long-term sub set up? The first thing I did was talk to my sub to see how detailed she wanted me to be with lesson plans.  It turns out, she felt really comfortable with the curriculum and just wanted me to leave general units and she would plan the day-to-day.  Then I typed up basic classroom expectation notes and I have saved a lot of stuff on a flash drive for her as resources.  I am also leaving her a list of people she can talk to who will know my routines, the curriculum, and school procedures.  

 

On a side (possibly petty) note, I am also starting to hide things at the back of a filing cabinet that I don't want to go missing while I am out!   

sferg2010

I'm a school counselor and work until the last day in June. I'm due in mid June so I will be out before the school year officially ends. I'm planning to work as far up to my due date as possible. I've started to get my paperwork together and tie up things for the end of the year. We''ll see what happens!!