Well today marked the second day back to school. I truly cannot believe how quickly this year has passed. In 8 short weeks, our students will have finished their studies for the year, and will enjoy a long break before the new school year in 2010. It has been a busy but very inspiring beginning to the school term. Yesterday was the first day back for staff. It was a staff development day, meaning we had a day of professional development for staff. I was one of the creators and facilitators of the day. I truly love working on curriculum development and pedagogy. A colleague and friend, Penny and I worked on creating the focus of the day and we were so thrilled to have a wonderful guest speaker, Ruth Targett, to deliver the keynot address. Without a doubt, she is one of the best speakers and most highly regarded educators I have had the pleasure of working with. She has some great insights in the way teachers can differentiate curriculum to make it relevant and accessible to students. The best part of the day though, was the fact that some of our talented teachers led different sessions. It was fantastic! I read over the evaluations today, with Penny and with our boss and the evaluations were overwhelmingly positive.
I hope this sets the tone for the term...I have such an amazing staff and was so incredibly proud of them and their efforts! I see great things for many of them!
The other part of my day involved chairing the first meeting of my third term as Alumnae President of my high school. The committee has grown significantly. I loved it because we have now created a new award and it gives me an opportunity to work with the Principal who is one of the people I respect most in education.
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