Teacher Week

The infamous "back-to-school" week has been whipped! Guess what? I'm tired and it was only a four-day work week. It takes us a little while to get back in the groove of the daily schedule. Here's how the week went down this week...

Tuesday - first day back; we spent this day in district staff development sessions. There were some very good sessions on teaching and curriculum.
Wednesday - first day back on campus; the morning began with breakfast from our administrative staff. Then we listened to updates and necessities for the coming year all morning. In the afternoon, we worked in our classrooms getting bulletin boards decorated, organizing, and preparing for the students' return.
Thursday - worked on completing classroom decor and attended a meeting on teaching English Language Learners. In the evening, came back to meet students and parents at "Meet the Teacher" night.
Friday - our day began with a multi-district convocation with a speaker, Billy Riggs, a "Dis" Illusionist. He reminded us that we are valuable as teachers and that we could make the difference in one student's entire life outcome by how we teach and care for them. We finished our day with more work in the classroom.

My motto for this year: "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." ---John Wooden (1910-?), American basketball coach

Monday, here we come! Ready for a brand new year to give out of myself!