Last Friday I had an opportunity to meet many of the other local school administrators at the Tuolumne County ACSA (Association of California School Administrators) kick off social. It was nice to feel welcomed by so many fine administrators. I look forward to getting to know my colleagues better as the year wears on.
Today most of the teachers attended a training about the new math adoption we have this year. The publishers have every possible "bell and whistle" in their textbooks, and I was glad we could have an expert from the publisher come and help the teachers piece it together.
Tonight I have been trying to figure out exactly what to say to my staff tomorrow on my first opening inservice day... Actually, I've been spending most of the evening procrastinating (the garage is starting to get clean, and I'm now updating my blog...). Now that I'm officially going to be in the spotlight, I've found myself writing and rewriting my outline for the day. What do I need to cover with the staff? What do I say to make them comfortable with me? What are the important things they need to hear from me directly? What do I believe in, and how do I communicate that with the staff? Am I making too big of a deal out of this? I think I need to sleep on it, and polish off my opening thoughts in the morning. Good night!
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