The excitement of the New

It is almost that time of year again. School will soon begin. Yes, I'm a nerd but I love it. I am so excited to move into my new classroom, meet my new students and work hard to earn their trust. I desperately want to push them, and myself, harder than I ever have before to ensure that real learning is going on each and every day.

Last year was as bit of a learning year for me. I religiously followed a rather uninspiring book in order to be on the same page as the other teachers in the department. As such, I let my students down. I did not adhere to pushing them to learn all the extra standards that go along with the Tech Ed standards. By this, I mean that I didn't really push them to do all the content standards that presents valid opportunities to truly think and not just merely click. I guess my main thing is that this year I want to push them at least to do the English content standards that the state has decided to include as a part of the CTE standards for Information Technology. Considering my background, I don't really have any valid reason why not to do this.

I also really look forward to meeting the other members of my department, and working together with them to make the department strong. I know that they have far more experience than I do in this area and I hope that they will share successful strategies and projects with me. I also hope to quickly learn the new culture of Colony High and to positively add to it in any way that I can.

Well, it is getting late and I stayed up ridiculously late last night starting with all this blogging stuff, so I suppose I really should try to get some rest. Tomorrow, we are going to visit Bonnie's Grandpa George in Sacramento. It should be a fun week away.