On our first exam of the year, I put all the support documents on Moodle (our web platform) as reference and guides for my students and parents as I was asked to do. My team leader assigned the tech person to override our teams' pages and post Exam prep material, assuming we hadn't done it ourselves. Neither noticed I had done it already, and I just shrugged it off. The next couple of exams there was little done, so the latest exam I prepared a study guide - as it seemed my students needed it, and I shared with with my colleagues, as I'm sure they all needed it too but ran out of time, or something. Yesterday, I prepared another study guide a week in advance to the exam. Just before I sent it, our team leader beat me to it. She sent a study guide to all our students and parents, and while I didn't see what she sent, she emailed us that it had been done.
I am frustrated with this example for a couple of reasons:
Namely, I wasted an afternoon.
But also, the constant feeling of being surprised and outside of the process.
Our team leader sent the email with the caveat that we could all send our own guides for our own students.
... but we are all giving the same exam.
We are on the same team...
Another frustrated colleague of mine always says, "Thank you." And "Great job," and "You have done an amazing job."
She is better than I.
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