So of course I became obsessed with findind it and I googled and believe it or not - I must have initially found it here at ADDitude - ok so here it is: ORGANIZING SOLUTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH ADD: TIPS AND TOOLS TO HELP YOU TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR LIFE AND GET ORGANIZED. by Susan C. Pinsky. It really is worth the $13.ish dollars. I've gone back to it on a number of occassions. GOOD LUCK.

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Despairingly hopeful--Thanks for your words of encouragement. After my principal observed my math lesson, she called me in after school to tell me my lesson had been "flawless". All I could think about was that I'd started with the overhead but had forgotten that the bulb had blown a day before, and that as I taught, I saw some distracted students. She said she wouldn't have known about the overhead if I hadn't just told her and complimented my on my rapid going to Plan B. :0) Just as you told me, she said what she's seen is improvement and that was what she'd been looking for. The next week, in our faculty meeting, she announced that our staffing budget had been cut and we would be losing 10 teachers. Yikes! But then she said that if your position was affected, she would have already talked to you prior to the meeting. Well, she hadn't talked to me! Our whiz kid 25 yr old team leader is moving to 3rd grade; so there will only be 2 of us next year. I've been trying to implement some tricks, like using a timer for each reading group (I assigned a student to be my time-keeper; of course she was delighted and every one wanted that new job). I'm asking myself as I do each thing, if it is related to what I'm supposed to be doing and, if not, try to get back on track. Of course, sometimes I go ahead and stay with my off-track activity anyway.

I'm still the first to arrive and the last to leave--even when I leave as early as 5:00, when I usually stay till 6:00 or later. I've begun to get mad about that and feeling like I can't do it this way for another year. How was that sort of issue when you taught middle school? Hubby and daughter are pushing for this change because they think having only 1-2 subjects and no responsibility for making sure they're in a quiet, straight line, I change my bulletin boards often, display student work, etc. will make my life easier. They miss me!

What do you think?

Relieved (but frustrated) in Orlando

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