Impressed with my ability to self-advocate yesterday.

Impressed with my ability to self-advocate yesterday.

I'm a special educator in a non-public school for kids with emotional and behavioral challenges. Our quarter ended a week ago, and progress notes (extensive writing, documentation, math required) were due yesterday, as well as lesson plans for next week. I'm responsible for lesson plans for grades 5-12 in the autism unit, which means standards for 7 grades across 4 core academic subjects, as well as case manager for 10 kiddos. In addition to that, my boss assigned me to be test coordinator for our entire building (~65 kids). Test windows opened the middle of March, and will continue to fluctuate through the beginning of May. The boss came into my classroom yesterday and wanted me to test a kid for whom the test had to be read aloud. I had told him I needed a day with my students, as I have several who are extremely attached and having separation anxiety from my frequent and extended absences from my room. I simply told him I had enough bandwidth to get two of his three assignments done yesterday - testing, progress notes and lesson plans, and which was he prioritizing. He took the kiddo and did the testing. I finished the other two assignments before leaving for the day, as well as typing out a list of who I need to test in the coming week. My boss is really Type A - but understands what needs to happen when something is too much. He knows that I stay organized, and that my lesson plans are always on time. If it weren't for FGB, I wouldn't have self-advocated, and I'd have been a hot mess all weekend. Thanks friends!