Recently, all Linköping schools received federal evaluations. People came into the school and "audited" the teaching and the school environment. The results are in and Folkungaskolan received the best report of any school in Linköping! The incredible teachers I work with have really earned this and I am so proud to be a part of it!
Today, the headmaster stopped me while I was running in between classes to tell me that I am the hardest working teacher at the school! This was very flattering! In Sweden teachers only teach one or two classes a day. However, I am a student teacher for two different grades (fourth and fifth) so I teach 4 to 6 classes a day. During my breaks I try to run to my students' Music classes because they love it when I sing with them! Other times I run to the high school English classes to talk to the students about what it is like to be a high school student in America and what pressures they face. So in this way I do have a fuller schedule than most teachers. but everyone at Folkungaskolan works very hard to give their students the best education possible. I think that is evident in their federal scores!
Most of the teachers spend their downtime in the personelrum (teachers lounge). I do this on some occasions but, in all honesty, I would much rather be singing with my students and meeting the high schoolers than sitting in the personelrum chatting. I love the teachers here but I also love the students and this is not just MY international experience...it is THEIRS as well.
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