How do people change jobs every few years? beyond the usual new school year/new students stress, I am feeling inundated with new things to know and understand about the way my new school works, and I am overwhelmed!

Have you ever gotten the advice to not smile at students? To wait to show that you're nice until they know that you're serious? That's usually not me, and I actually teach less effectively when I'm in that mode. What about you?

Let me know what you think!

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IG: ⁠⁠@drivetimediary⁠⁠, ⁠⁠@mrcbaker4math

In my new classroom, I've moved from a district that had very specific curriculum documents and pacing and shared not only common unit assessments, but even formative assessments and HW assignments for Algebra 1. At first, I prickled at it, but I realized after a couple of years that not deciding all of that for myself gave me more capacity to think of my STUDENTS and not only maintain rigor but work toward equity. I don't have that anymore. How can I (or even should I) put that structure on myself?