Overwhelming

Being in the High School from the elementary school at first was overwhelming. There were many challenges and changes in mind set that I had to do. I had to work on new goals as a teacher. I had to become advanced in my knowledge base and creating projects and assessments that were high school relevant. I have been working on many of these goals of mine and finally feel confident in the classroom.
Last week I created my first project for the students in the government class. I am having them create a PowerPoint. I never realized how difficult projects are. I created a grading rubric with the project as well. I think that projects are difficult because they are time consuming. Trying to figure out the timing of the project is just as difficult as creating it for me. To be honest though just seeing the students engaged and working is enough satisfaction to do it again. Although this placement in many ways has been overwhelming I feel my confidence and teaching abilities at this level are finally being able to shine through.