Last night was fairly miserable. I got off the bus and went for my run but it was all downhill from there. The Charlotte regional meeting was pretty boring and didn’t tell me that much – but took close to an hour an a half. Rob predicted that every person who talked would spend a while telling us (again) how thrilled to they were to have us and on and on. He was right. Towards the end of the meeting, we broke up into smaller groups based on our school placements. I was in a group with the one other person placed at my school and the other twenty-six schools that are having TFA members placed there for the first time this year. The first thing we were asked was what was going to be challenging and what opportunities we’d have. I’m thinking it’s a pretty bad sign when all but one of the challenges were based on spreading the TFA gospel. I mean, at least the last one was about getting to reach new students… TFA is a freaking cult. I was pretty certain of it before, that put the nails in the coffin. I’m sure people in TFA have good intentions but it’s a cult and – to use TFA jargon – I am NOT invested in it. As I write this (at least this section) our CMA group is working on a cheer for our school to do at closing ceremonies. Shoot me.
Anyway, back to last night, after the regional meeting, I had a debrief with my CMA. It was better than the last one in that she actually was willing to give me some feedback but I really felt like it was misdirected. I think part of it is she can only observe for half an hour a week, but she doesn’t understand my class’s dynamics. I’ve got one girl who really struggles but since she’s sitting next to another girl who does well, she’s less of a management problem AND she does much better academically so my CMA only sees her as a management issue. However, I really think that if I take her away from Gloria, she’s going to be more of a management issue and still an academic issue.
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