Another business trip to Europe this year?

Last summer, I went as a chaperone for my first overseas training program.
Since it was my first time in Europe, I was very excited.
Of course, I felt terrible about leaving my family behind,
but as an English teacher, being a chaperone for an overseas program
was something I was happy to do.

Unlike America, I was overwhelmed by the scenery that felt steeped in history.
The pronunciation, which was closer to British English, gave me a hard time, but I felt that it became a valuable experience
and broadened my horizons as an English teacher.

During my interview with the principal after returning home,
I was asked, "Will you go again next year?"
so I replied,
"No, I'll pass next year. It seemed to be quite hard on my family,"
and politely declined.

However, as I wrote last time, there is a strong possibility that I will be sent on a business trip to Africa next.
Furthermore, since it looks like this summer's overseas training will be in the same part of Europe,
my colleagues are saying,
"It'll be you again this year, probably."

It is true that during the last trip,
"I could do this better"
was a thought I had many times regarding improvements.
I came up with several "tricks" to further encourage students to challenge themselves with English.

I compiled those ideas into Notion and digitized them as handover items.
So that the next person to go wouldn't have any trouble.

In private schools, there is almost no staff turnover.
In public schools, because there are transfers, storing documents and creating handover materials is essential.
However, due to the nature of private schools, data tends to be stored in "personal folders."
So, I "took the liberty" of creating an overseas training handover folder
and dumped the data in there.
I believe this will ensure the same level of quality regardless of who acts as the chaperone.

Even if I am asked to chaperone the overseas training to Europe again this year,
I intend to refuse.
This is because I believe that refusing is "for the good of the school."
I believe that if more teachers gain experience chaperoning overseas training, the quality of the English department will improve accordingly.

All the English teachers at my school are fluent in English.
Everyone has experience studying abroad.
However, studying abroad and chaperoning are different.

The chaperone will likely be decided in April.
I intend to refuse the moment I am asked.
As I have said many times, this is "for the good of the school."
I will put down my pen today by asserting that this is definitely not because of the one thing my wife said to me after I returned home last time:
"Don't go next year."