Phone rings during the school day. It's Rocco.
R: Mom I stepped on a nail at school. Me: WHAT?!?! R: I stepped on a nail. Me: How?!?! R: It was on the ground. Me: What do you mean it was on the ground? R: It was on the ground and I stepped on it. Me: Can you please give me more details? R: I was in woodshop and I stepped on it. Me: YOU DON'T TAKE WOODSHOP! R: I know. Me: Okay let's try this another way....Fill in the blank "I was in woodshop because ________________." R: I was in woodshop because my friend needed help. Me. Fill in the blank... "I was in the woodshop during _________________(which class did you skip?) R: I was in the woodshop during lunch because my fried needed help. Me: My god Rocco....just stop going to places where you don't need to be. R: The trainer wants me to ask you when my last tetanus shot was. Me: I don't know, Rocco! Let me find out and call you back. The end! Enjoy!
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You all do such an amazing job of loving students. I think it's such second nature to us that we stop noticing it!
Pay attention to how amazing the adults are in the this building and the love they give to kids! It's truly inspiring! See this shirt?
It's been in the staff bathroom all week. And, it's been driving me crazy. I keep meaning to send an email saying, "If you're missing a shirt, it might be in the staff bathroom." This morning I was getting ready for school and could not find my "Love is An Intervention" shirt anywhere. But, I'm in the middle of having two our our bathrooms remodeled, my house is a mess, my mom hasn't been over to do laundry this week and after digging through piles of dirty laundry, I picked a different shirt. When I got back from my admin meeting today, I went to the bathroom and again looked at the shirt. I thought to myself "For crying out loud, I'm so sick of seeing this shirt." So, I picked it up and realized that it was MY FREAKING SHIRT. I then had a flashback of changing my shirt really quickly after Fall Fun Night last week because I was going to the UA Football game. Anyway, what did I learn? Sometimes we miss what is right in front of us. Take time to slow down and be in the moment, it just might save you time later! Have a great weekend. Over the years, I've written a lot about comfort zones. We've all heard about stepping out of our comfort zones; productive discomfort; and getting comfortable with being uncomfortable.
But, how many times do we really have the opportunity to do that? This pandemic definitely forced us out of our comfort zones, but it's safe to say that we didn't have much of a choice in this one! However, as we move forward this school year, I am seeing teachers at every grade level pushing themselves out of their LITERACY comfort zones. Grades K-2 have attended 95% training, grades 3-5 have taken it upon themselves to rethink the way they teach reading so that it aligns with the work of grades K-2. We are giving different assessments, reading different professional books and delivering reading instruction in new ways. You are all the DEFINITION of ELITE! Just ask your K-2 colleagues if you don't know what I mean by that. Over the past few weeks in their district trainings they have witnessed many colleagues from other schools who were resistant to change. Our staff members were shocked by this behavior because that is just NOT how we operate at JW. So, today I say THANK YOU. Thank you for having open minds, thank you for learning new things, thank you for dabbling, dipping toes in and taking risks. Remember I will always be here as the safety net! |
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