HELLO My Friends!
I am so pleased to be blogging again. It has been such a
crazy and wild summer with family reunions, church activities, and attending
conferences- oh, and amusement parks and such! WOW!
I wanted to stop by and let you know that my NEW goal is to
blog at least weekly, and that the content of my blog with change slightly as
well. I hope you will enjoy this new direction and continue with me in my journey!
As many of you know, I was hired to be the principal of my school this past year. Due to circumstances with the principal who hired me, he
was put on administrative leave the very first day of school. A lead teacher
was asked to do the basics to keep the building running until things settled
and the district knew what needed to be done. They approached me the last week
of September and asked if I would teach ½ day and be the administrator the
other ½. THAT was an interesting meeting. I had mixed feelings about the
situation as I LOVE TO TEACH!
In the end, and after many long talks with my wife, we
agreed that this is what was best for our family, but we would NOT allow money
to influence us (which is good, because those of you who think principals make
a lot of money- think again! At least not in our district!). I finished the
year out doing both and then applied to be the full-time admin this spring. AND…
now here I am.
My blog, An Educator’s Life, was started many, many years
ago during a technology class. I had NO CLUE what I was doing, and if you were
to read my first post, you would probably die laughing!
From there my blog became my ranting wall, my special place
to share with friends and family, and when I really started to become an active
entrepreneur, a place to share my resources once in a while. Lately it has been
a disaster of sale promos and product updates.
Well… all that to say…
WELCOME TO THE ALL-NEW Educator’s Life Blog! I thought about
changing the name, and may in the future, but I think it is still fitting for
what I do- Educate. Now it is my teachers AND all the students in the school.
This is a HUGE responsibility, and one I won’t take lightly.
So, what can you expect here now?
GREAT QUESTION!
1) Content that is school focused- suggestions,
tips, advice for management, etc.
2)
The thoughts and insights of an administrator in
regards to management, testing, state standards, etc.
3)
Q&A Posts where I will ask for YOUR
questions or concerns and then answer them from an administrative point of
view.
4)
Links to
websites, resources, and apps that may change the way you teach!
5) Anything else that is awesome and ninja like
that I feel with be a benefit and worth your time to read!
ALSO, you may want to subscribe to my NEWSLETTER! Use the newsletter form above! I will be sending out my first issue by the end of August.
AND, if you haven’t joined the journey on my other social media outlets, you may
want to take a gander at those as well.
So welcome, welcome, welcome my friends! I am excited for
this new journey and I am thrilled you will be joining, or continuing, with me!
