day four

I am working hard to learn policies, procedures etc.  at our school.  I am proud to report that I know every student's name (and almost everyone's last name).  Learning the policies and procedures has been slightly more difficult, as my cooperating teacher doesn't like to teach these explicitly in the classroom.  I've kind of been learning as we go, and asking lots of questions.  Ms. Jorde tends to be pretty loose with these types of things so I do feel a bit behind.
Meeting other staff has been tricky as well, but in this department Diane is very helpful.  She is extremely outgoing, and always introduces me to other adults.  Additionally, since we have the only air conditioned space in  the school, we have a lot of visitors in our room and other teachers tend to linger and chat a bit longer.