This week we completed Teacher Training 2009 with four of our former island teachers and two new prospects who will be assistants. We have spent every afternoon for the last three weeks exploring positive expectations, classroom management and content mastery. More importantly, we have experienced a strong camaraderie and friendship. We have pulled our topics for training from previous years as well as some new activities designed to get to know each other AND the culture better. This year I have seen these ladies speak more freely and stand before each other with more confidence than I have known before. We are stoked to begin school. On Tuesday when the school board meets, we will be told when our first day of school will begin. Next week we will hold our planning periods - each teacher has a planning time one morning a week - and set up our classrooms. We are getting off to a later start this year, but I believe we will finish strong.
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