The end of summer, that is. The next school year has been creeping closer, and tomorrow is the first piece of it. Okay, it’s a staff barbecue. No big deal. This is a new school to me, so I’ll be there to start introducing myself. Should be fun, honestly.
Next week, there will be principal-led training. Normally I’m strict about not working outside my contracted days and hours. However, since it is a new school, I might go for the parts that cover the school’s policy and philosophy around student discipline. There are more ways to approach student discipline than you might think. I’d like to be on the same page with everyone from the start.
This also means I need to keep pushing on The Tale of the Drakanox. I feel like I’m about 3/4 of the day through it. I wrote out a big crisis point right before my trip to L. A. The two weeks since have been about reactions and coping. After today, though, I’ll be moving into the end game.
I’d say to wish me luck, but we all know with writing the results come from patient effort and skill. So, wish me patience! (But maybe a little luck, too.)
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I wish you patience and luck. Have fun at the BBQ!
You mean there’s still a place in America where the school year starts near the beginning of September? So many schools seem to open in early to mid August now.
As for differences in school policy, philosophy, discipline, etc., yes. In your case, I imagine you’re still working in the same state and even the same general area. So those things will probably be largely similar to what you’re used to.
But after years of working in education in nearby counties in one state, I worked 1,000+ miles away in a different state. Something I had previously been warned not to do while working in schools, I was now encouraged to do. Things I had been praised for doing in several schools in my original state got some people quite upset in the other.
As a relatively minor example, I substitute taught a kindergarten class in a new state and thought things went fine. That is until three teachers asked me if I wanted help learning how to keep the class quieter. Where I was from, kindergartners were expected to make noise and talk and laugh when working on projects. In the new school, they were expected to be about as quiet as college students listening to a lecture.
As for *The Tale of the Drakanox*, I wish you patience and a little luck!