Sometimes you end up doing something totally different than you planned.
I guess that's my major takeaway from the past 12 months. Sometimes you (and by you, I mean I) end up not being best for kids, end up at a totally different (let's be real - better) school, end up doing a totally different job. I can't even be shocked anymore because, as my awesome ex-MTLD said, I roll with the punches, always. And so it was not entirely shocking when our principal asked me to be our Learning Support Specialist. I still don't know that much about the position but, for the first time since last August, I feel 100% confident that I can be great for our kids. It's an awesome feeling. So, right now, four days before our new 5th graders walk in the doors, I am spectacularly unconcerned with all that I need to learn about Special Education and about recognizing what skills students need to develop and about differentiating strategies to make content accessible to all of our students... all I can think about it how unbelievably excited I am to meet our new kiddos and to actually know what the heck to do with 5th and 6th graders.
Today, I not only believe in the reality of transformational change. I have always been grounded in the mission. I believe I can and will be a major part of that for kids. I am so excited to implement my vision and to use my newfound knowledge of assessment and meaningful goal setting and... just to have a chance to really show the impact of love to a whole new group of kids. Here's to an excellent school year and the best team in all of Kansas City. :)
with love
S
