Ernest wants to branch out

Ernest left his mid-year evaluation with his principal feeling frustrated. Although Mrs. Blakely complimented his management skills, she suggested that Ernest work to make his teaching more exciting and more focused on the district's learning goals for students. For some time, Ernest has wanted to do more experiments and group-work in his chemistry class, but by the end of the day, it’s all he can do to grade his student’s papers, read the chapters he’s assigned and prepare notes for the lectures in his three preps. He just doesn’t know how he’s going to find the time to start branching out, and he thinks, “Maybe next year.”