Day 1

Today was the first day of professional development, which means it was the first day I've not had an afternoon doze in front of the TV in a few months. It wasn't so bad waking up...I've done early waking up this summer. We arrived to see everyone we haven't seen since the last day of school and also to meet many new-comers to our school. We played some ridiculous games and did some catching up about summer. Of course, I found a way to let everyone know that I had met John Mayer. And then he continued to fit into conversation for the remainder of the day.
We did the usual first day activities of new employee introductions, team building, and handbook orientation. We also talked about our new Positive Behavior Support program and how it is going to be implemented. It sounds like a good program and why should I think otherwise until I've seen it in action. It will make expectations school-wide and allow us to remind the students what is expected in every school setting from arriving at school, walking down the hallway, or sitting in assemblies. I'll keep you updated on details and the success rate of this program.

Although today wasn't bad, I'm not really looking forward to the rest of the week. I'd rather have time to get my thoughts together and plan my first couple weeks of school from my classroom, rather than random notes scribbled on my inservice papers. It's hard to keep straight what you're actually going to do and what you would like to do in fantasy land when you're writing notes everywhere. I do look forward to Wednesday, which is all day teacher prep.

Inservice updates to come...