Hello!
My name, at least for the purposes of this blog, is Mrs. Kindergarten. You may however call me "Teacher" instead if that is more comfortable for you. I answer equally well to either, along with "Mom" or "Aunt Whoever" but I do draw the line at "Grandma" or "Dad".
I've decided to start this blog after getting hooked on other teacher's blogs but being unable to find one written by someone who lives in my world - aka, public school kindergarten. Since I have absolutely no desire to be "dooced" for what I write here, I'm going to do my best to keep everything just generic enough that if my tight-ass administrators ever stumble across it (not that most of them would even know what a blog was, but that's beside the point) they will not be able to be absolutely sure that it is ME writing!
So first, about me - your illustrious author! I have taught in Missouri public schools for 12 years, with 8 of those in kindergarten. I currently live and teach in a fairly small rural town somewhere in the middle portion of Missouri. In addition to my 18+ students I have 2 sons of my own. Both will be in the same building as me next year - Will in 1st grade and Robby in preK.
My coworkers - I work with a team of 5 other K teachers. Their blog-names will evolve as needed.
My administration - hooboy, do I have some doozies. The head principal is going to go by the pseudonym "Mr. Pip", chosen for his favorite threat of giving anybody who dares to have an opinion contrary to his own a Performance Improvement Plan (aka first step towards firing that person). His trusted sidekick, "Mrs. Pop", comes by her blog-name because of her devious way of popping up at exactly the wrong moment. I might have been doing a masterful and godlike job of teaching all day, but will lose my shit and start to fumble about 3 seconds before she walks in my door. Mrs. Pop's favorite phrase is "Are you sure of the policy on that?" followed by her pulling freshly made up policy out of her freaking ass. Finally there is "Eager Beaver", our school wide reading coordinator who serves as both cheerleader and narc for Pip and Pop. She straddles the fence relentlessly, trying to convince the classroom teachers she is on our side and fighting for us, but secretly dashing back to Pip and Pop to report any failure to comply with the eleventy-zillion written and unwritten policies that define our days.
This probably isn't the best time to start this blog, since we recently started our summer break, but I can entertain with stories from last year's madness as we all wait breathlessly for the opening of the 08/09 school year!
