Staff Bear Necessities

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This article is written to new teachers, but is a great reminder for teachers in all stages of their career! Please take a minute and read the article! Here are a couple of quotes I love from this article:

"Surround yourself with good people. By finding the positive, supportive, energetic teachers in your school and sticking close to them, you can improve your job satisfaction more than with any other strategy. And your chances of excelling in this field will skyrocket."

"Many experienced gardeners follow a concept called companion planting: placing certain vegetables and plants near each other to improve growth for one or both plants. Among companion plants, the marigold is one of the best: It protects a wide variety of plants from pests and harmful weeds. If you plant a marigold beside most any garden vegetable, that vegetable will grow big and strong and healthy, protected and encouraged by its marigold. Marigolds exist in our schools as well—encouraging, supporting and nurturing growing teachers on their way to maturity. If you can find at least one marigold in your school and stay close to them, you will grow. Find more than one and you will positively thrive."

"Once you’ve identified your marigolds, make an effort to spend time with them. Having a hard day? Go to your marigolds. Not understanding how to operate the grade reporting system? Go to your marigolds. Confused by something the principal said at the faculty meeting? Marigolds."

Each group will quickly present their number. Next week, we will start looking at the make-up of our grade level teams.

I wanted to publicly say "Thank You" to Mr. Brantley and Ms. Lyles for doing the awesome co-construct PL on Friday afternoon. It was incredibly helpful for me to see how it can be used in various content areas. Please invite Dr. Lancaster and I when you try this in your classroom. I can't wait to see it in action!

It was an honor for Dr. Lancaster and I to accompany Mr. Kendrick to the Georgia Council for the Social Studies awards ceremony on Thursday, 10/11/18. Congrats to Mr. Kendrick, his students, and his team for making this happen!

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