Seven years ago I started a new adventure. I moved away from
everything I had known and began a career I knew little about. Teaching. My
first day, month, year in the classroom was intense. I hadn’t gone to school
for this, what was I thinking???
Now after all this time I am started on a new path. I have
been selected to be a part of a Leadership Academy and get insight from those that lead those in this career path I have chosen. Just like every new adventure or change in
life comes a learning curve. As the days and months have gone by and I have
been able to observe and shadow my current Principal and Assistant Principals.
I have seen some behind the scene things that remind me of that first year
teaching. You are a plate spinner at the circus. You have 15 plates spinning
and just as you get them all up and going you are pulled in another direction
and have to keep running in circles making sure everything is going. At first
you are filled with many emotions and are just flat out tired (Or maybe that’s
the pregnancy). Then as you start having more and more exposure to this new
world you start to see maybe you can spin all 15 plates. No one is perfect or does everything right, but the more and more you get to work at something, the
better you become.
