Surviving 9th Grade

Today was a great day! I stayed late and talked to our department head. I enjoy talking to her because I always find out all the gossip and what's going on at the school. Otherwise, I'm simply relegated to the freshman portion of the school where I only find out about freshman issues.

Anywho, things I learned today included the following:

1) I might get to teach a one-on-one tutoring section of English next year.

2) We may consider letting students test out of units through a pre-test so that they can focus on independent study projects, a.k.a. get rid of the busy work.

3) I found out about high schools in North Carolina that seem to be doing things the right way.

4) Our new State Superintendent is a former teacher. Sounds like it makes sense, right? I think so too, but normally that's not the case. Usually some random businessman becomes the superintendent even though he knows little to nothing about the practical side of education. I anticipate some great changes in the coming years! :)

I love knowing that our school and our leadership are moving in the right direction. We have lots of people committed to helping students and to letting them know that there's more than one way to get from Point A to Point B.