Organization is not my strong suit. I feel like I take much of my time in this classroom pushing around piles of paper, making lists and then going through the piles, rereading the lists and deciding what new pile to put the list in. Probably at least ten years ago Donna bought me a book "Taming the Paper Tiger". It told me to have three piles - file away, deal with today and trash or something like that. I wish that I could do it. I have folders. Periods 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6- Curriculum for Freshmen, curriculum for Sophomores, World History, late slips, index cards of lists, old tests, new tests, notes from parents, papers to give back, papers for my lessons today, piles of unsorted index cards, piles of unsorted papers, yellow sticky pads with notes written on them, old curricula, new curricula, ideas on paper, pads of paper - you get the idea.
I am thinking of these things because I sit here after having had a week of meetings, and approach a conference on Friday. It requires writing subplans and preparing for next weeks meetings with phone calls and agendas. So I grab the miscellaneous lists that I have on each little card and piece of paper and tape them on the appropriate folder. It is not terrible efficient but it will have to work for me for today.
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