I had my second observation last year. It went swimmingly, although I'm a little concerned that my principal isn't hard enough on me. There is ALWAYS something (and in my case, lots of things), that someone can improve upon, and I know that my lesson was less than perfect. I like suggestions to improve, and I didn't get any. It just worries me that another principal wouldn't have the same opinion about my performance. Thankfully I've got lots of people in and out of my room, and I always go back to them and ask what I could do better. I've gotten lots of good feedback that way.
A blizzard swooped in today. It was about 1:45, and I emailed the secretary and my principal about my leaving right after school because I was worried about the state of the Interstate. It was a complete white out in town. A few minutes later the secretary came into my room and told me to leave, and that the instructional facilitator would take my class for the last hour of school. I stopped to make sure I had a full tank of gas and then took off. It turns out the interstate had much more visibility than in town did (which is very strange), and I made it back home just fine, even if I was going lots slower.
I just haven't worked anywhere that people would do that. I really like the staff at my school. We have only two men that work there, and not even full time. So it's ALL women, ALL day. That usually spells disaster in my book. But honestly, I haven't really heard NEARLY as much gossip and rumors and just plain CRAP that I heard from the people at our last school. I get along really well with everyone, no exceptions. I totally hit the employment jackpot.
Anyway...I'm still plugging away on my Master's...so here I go to do some homework. Yippee!