Thank goodness this week wasn't too bad! It was a BUSY week for me personally. My wife, Sarah, gave birth to our first baby boy Thursday of last week. We now have 3 girls and 1 boy, and yes we are done now that Brayden Kam is here!!! Combine our new baby boy to starting back up at work this week meant very little time for school work. I coach football and am also the head girls basketball coach at Industrial High School and we started meeting this week, I can't believe that summer is over already.
About the week...the interviews from the school leaders probably benefited me more than anything else. Just listening to professional educators who have actually practiced what we are learning now helps me out a lot more than just reading it in a book.
Timothy Chargois, of Beaumont ISD gave us some great advice...He said that we never stop learning, and I really agree with this. I've been teaching and coaching for 10 years now and it was just a good reminder to all of us that we can always get better.
Dr. Kirk Lewis, the superintendent at Pasadena ISD, gave us some important advice as well. He reminded us to research and use things that are practical and apply them to our own environment. Good advice for any project we choose.
CONGRATULATIONS to you and your wife on the safe arrival of your latest blessing (and first son)!!! There's never a perfect time for a baby to arrive, but having a baby is always perfect. Thankfully, you do have about 9 months to prepare.
ReplyDeleteI too found Dr. Lewis' simple statement to be a profound nugget to keep in mind when proceeding with our own AR projects.