Next steps

This document is probably pointless to 99% of the 10 people who actually read this blog. I have to publish something for you to read. I wish there was more purpose with the documents that we are publishing and why. If there is one thing that teachers (or people in general?) despise, it's doing something that seems pointless. Publishing something without a real purpose of who will read it and why seems pointless to me.

In other news, I have been busy. Very busy.

Helping a school with 1100 students towards Balanced Literacy with a workshop model when the teachers see their students a total of two hours on a good day is difficult, to say the least.

Difficult, but worth it.

Right now I am in the drafting phase of our 5-8 year plan of action. I am also making big decisions about what is to come. I'm relatively certain that I will be hated by more than a few people next year. I'm also relatively certain that that's okay with me.

Good teaching means learning every day. Good administration means setting the bar high for myself and everyone around me while being willing and available to struggle alongside each teacher, challenge myself and others, reflect and grow.

What have you learned from the best and worst leadership that you have had?

Ok, So...

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...Maybe this is a little fun.

Another Important Message

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Be Warned.

Fancy letters, very important message

How psyched are you to know that I can make these fancy letters? I'm not exactly sure how this would make me a better teacher, but I will tell you how excited I am for St. Patrick's Day. The Irishness that I own has exploded in my house- green tablecloth, pottery, crystal, decorations, even a tiny pot of gold.

The beef is corning. I will make Irish bed in the next few days. I can't wait.

Bring it, St. Paddy!

Please Pronounce Goo Air

This is a website that is called go ear. Apparently you can listen to music on the internet. This is also good for students. Unfortunately, you cannot open this website at the school because it uses to much bandwidth. The good news is, there are applications and also devices that play music through something called the radio or compact discs or MP3. I would tell you what MP3 stands for, but I just don't know. On a less obnoxious note, I really do believe in the importance and value of playing music for children. I have found it soothing, motivating, and when you plug in really obnoxious students who never work, they surprisingly produce quality work. Not all students work well with music, but a lot do. Lose fear of the iPod. Let your students listen to them in class. You won't be sorry.

Super Sticky

Oh, guess what, y'all? I can write in Spanish, too. I'm not nearly as interesting or funny, but still just as good looking.

You can make super awesome sticky note images at

http://wigflip.com/superstickies/

Creating a Blog

Dear everyone,

I am learning something very exciting in the course I am taking about integrating technology into the classroom. It is called a blog. I hope that I can learn to use this tool successfully.

Ok, so maybe I'm being sarcastic and maybe I'm wishing that I could spend my time doing something different.

Here's the good news. I have to use the blog to post things about education or technology or something. I don't really know because I was busy on Teachers Pay Teachers, that's like the pinterest for teachers. When I wasn't on that, I was checking my email. When I wasn't doing that, I was on Facebook. So, moral of the story, I am utilizing my knack for tuning out Spanish right now. So that maybe wasn't news at all.

But, here is some news. I have to tell you that I have fallen back in love with education. I have fallen in love with teaching and learning. I might want to write about it, so for those of you who don't love teaching and learning, this blog might get boring. But, let's be honest, anything is less boring than not posting since December. Am I right? Something's better than nothing.

In other news, I have to get glasses. All of this renewed love for teaching has inspired a lot of reading and writing, and now I can't see anymore and have had a headache for the past three weeks.

In completely unrelated news, I have also fallen back in love with coffee. Morning, noon, night. I love it.

See you around the blogosphere.