The First Week With Teachers

The first week with teachers was great!  I have meet so many wonderful new people.
The meetings, professional developments, schedule changes, building maintenance, learning new procedures, tweaking old procedures, and Meet The Teacher required being at work early and getting home late, but I can say it has all been worth it.  I have an amazing principal and am blessed that she is allowing me to spread my wings and lead beside her.

What have I learned this week?

I realized I naturally treat people like they are volunteers.  It is actually a good thing.  I know teachers are paid to do their job, however, they must feel appreciated and know their work has purpose, otherwise, they might check out mentally and not reach their potential.  They have the ability to change the world by touching the lives of one child.

I am more crazy about being organized than I thought.  I have always wished I was a little more of a neat freak and didn't believe clutter bothered me.  I was wrong.  Actually I have discovered I do have strong feelings about where things belong.  I believe the older I get the more it matters.  (Don't get me wrong, I still hate to clean! lol)

The only way I can explain how things have fallen together is divine design.  I have no doubt this is where I am suppose to be.  I have experienced God's favor in timing most of all.  Being in the right place at the right time to get the phone call for an interview when we were in an area with NO cell service for 2 days.  Having the district tech guy walk in just in time to solve the computer issue for an important meeting.  The list goes on and on.

I am stretching and it feels good.

My Today,
Christy

My Assistant Principal Journey Begins!

What a journey the last year has been!

I am so excited about the adventure ahead of me as an Assistant Principal.  This year will be a year to stretch.  I have just finished my first full week and have started building relationships with my colleagues.  I have learned more about facilities than I ever thought I could in just one week.  I'm actually proud of myself.

In the last two years I have learned so much.  There are times I imagine bits of knowledge slipping out of my head and dropping to the ground as I walk.  I don't want to forget any of it, so I continue to study.  The more I learn the more I always seem to realize how much I don't know.  I am committed to being a life long learner.  It's time to stretch!

My Today,
Christy