What a school year, already

I've been snowed under, managing students, contacting parents, trying to plan properly with my co-teacher, teaching and reteaching, while planning time is eaten up with the new state evaluation system for teachers. It'called TKES. Teacher Keys Effectiveness System. Sounds impressive. Really it's VAM dressed up. And our training for it is in the form of these boring, repetitive videos that we have to watch and sign off that we've watched. Imagine if I taught class this way...