The Doc Is In

“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “to speak of many things.”

Archive for September 2nd, 2008

Building Trust

Posted by drpezz on September 2, 2008

On a survey given to every employee of my district and every parent of a student in my district, I saw some very interesting results. However, the one that jumped off the page at me was the absolute lack of trust between the teachers and administration. This is not just teacher to administrator but teacher to teacher as well.

At our opening meetings everyone seemed in agreement that we needed to work on this, and all appeared open to the task. Then, the first set of comments came out with all of the feedback from the opening meetings. Read the rest of this entry »

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First Day Back

Posted by drpezz on September 2, 2008

Today was an excellent first day of class. The kids were positive and enthusiastic, and my colleagues were in good spirits. One teacher who retired last year brought in donuts for my department. Gotta love that guy!

All in all, it was a super day.  :)

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