First things first

Coach Cavin suggested that I keep a journal so that he can stay updated on my new job. What a great idea! Often, I am making random notes on stickies and notepads with no way to organize those thoughts later. Now I have a place for reflection.
School begins one week from tomorrow. I have been on a school faculty retreat in Dallas and I have seen my classroom once. There is a lot of construction going on in the building so I plan to be there a great deal this week to get set up. Also, this week I will be working on my syllabus, rules, consequences, classroom procedures and my lesson plans with my team. I have many of these things scattered around in binders, word documents and presentations. I also would like to request my students' cum records and write a letter to send to the parents with my class procedures. My goal this week is to get these ducks in a row.
The retreat allowed me to get to know my department and participate in some team building. I promised my team that I would reach out to them when I needed help. Let's see how they respond!