It's August...Already

I've created this website and blog to chronicle a year (or more) in the life of a teacher.  Although school hasn't yet started, August is a surprisingly busy month for teachers, and therefore appropriate for the birth of this new digital adventure.  

Where I work and live, school doesn't start until after Labor Day.  However, for me, it never fully stopped.  Like many teachers, I've punctuated my summer with planning, prepping, learning, decorating, and collaborating.  Some of the work is purely my effort to lighten the pressure during inservice week, which by nature, demands work well in excess of 40 hours.  The mid-summer meetings and collaborations are not mandatory, but require the luxury of time -- something we don't have during the school year.

So, for the next two days, I'm heading off to a PBIS meeting that will hopefully develop policy and decisions that benefit both the students and protect the learning environments teachers strive to create in their classrooms.  I'm looking forward to the meeting of minds, but every-so-slightly sad to give up another two days of much-needed vacation.   

One final note to the anonymous internet reader:  I am not one of those teachers with a Pinterest-perfect classroom that does everything with a touch of flair.  I'm just not.  If you join me for this journey, you'll see pictures of a classroom that might have messy desks, pencils on the floor, or even a blank bulletin board.  My hat is off to those who have that magic touch, because I am jealous of your superpower.  

I'm a teacher who really doesn't care for the spotlight, but striving for a bit of personal growth.  This blog is the first step in that journey, where I will step from the shadows, and share my thoughts, ideas, and creations.  

​Mrs. A