I am in my 20th year of teaching. I have a tendency to reinvent the wheel every year. I operate on inspiration to run my classroom. What I find is that I get burned out or lack fire on a daily basis. My goal a few years ago I embraced project-based learning and gave learning ownership over to the students. It has not been perfect, but I was having "a-ha" moments weekly rather than 1 per semester. Recently our school shifted away from mandated PBL and split my team teaching combined class back to stand alone. I admit I was ready to move away from the integrated class, but I see that doing PBL alone is tougher than I expected. I am wrestling the content vs project battle. I want to push more content, but I feel like I am slipping back to traditional teaching. There is no accountability without a team teacher in the room. I am at a stage in my career where I need to get a fresh take on education and settle into a teaching philosophy that I can sustain. The crossroads leaves me at retire as a teacher or find a new job. I love education, but I need to find a new way.
-Harry
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