success

Success story:

This year there were plenty of successes and failures this year, a few of my successes include:

-gaining a good rapport with my students, from what I attest to be pretty honest evaluations from Ben's "What is it like in Mr. McClish's room?" assignment

-having a good reputation with my fellow teachers and administration

-coaching baseball(This has been a real blast. I love baseball and it's an excuse to reconnect with something associated with so many wonderful childhood memories. Although I was the JV baseball coach and we only played home games so it didn't interfere much with my daily schedule )

-Note to first years. Coaching is a great opportunity to build positive relationships with your students and gain favor/support from administration that can transcend to discipline in the classroom. It also is a load of fun. The negatives are that if you have multiple preps/family it can be tough to juggle and may not be worth your time.

The single most notable successes were watching some of my more advanced chemistry students tackle and master some very complex college level material, and knowing that I had a hand in that. I just loved hearing things like "You made that stuff out of the book seem so simple."

Watching these students achieve and surpass some things that I was doing in high school was very rewarding, and probably when I felt I was making the greatest positive impact