So it’s been a crazy week. Faculty orientation followed by proctor-training weekend followed by Opening Day followed by the first day of school followed by (today) the second day of school.
To do:
sports: outdoor education
reserve state park campsite for campout for next weekend
find sleeping bags for 20+ more kids than last year
find tents, stoves, etc., for 20+ more kids than last year
plan food for 20+ more kids
buy food
pack food
use backpacks to get it to campsite
Run camp-out
Anyone know where I can get $5000 of camping equipment for $300?
Accreditation
get docs back
revise them
re-revise them
assemble class list
Classes
plan
teach
Include new class management strategies
include new teaching strategies
design new 7th grade leadership curriculum
safety inspection for Ropes Course
accreditation/certification for MK, AW, CE, KK, PMC
new challenge elements for Ropes Course
March Learning
Reserve hotel room
Contact Senator Dodd’s office re: capitol, BEP, LoC, etc.
Reservations at restaurants
At least I have a colleague…
cut to 10 kids for max. effectiveness on trip
Podcasting
I brought this one on myself: I made a little podcast titled, “how to use your locker” and now many colleagues think I should do more, on our assignment notebooks, book bags, etc.
… but they take TIME.
Plus, I’d like to start up my Ancient History Podcast again
Dormitory
clean-up
dormitory procedures
calmness (this is going to take a while with this group)
Personal
buy toothpaste
do laundry
Catch up on sleep
walk Clio (daily)
It’s a lot of little tasks, but they all need to be done. And many of them need to be done today in an hour-and-a-half window during the morning’s assessment session for all students. OK. Time to get going.
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Can you rent equipment from REI?
Did you recommend The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures to me? If so, thanks. If not, it dovetails with a lot of things you’ve posted about recently. I’ve only started reading it. The “Lost Chapter” looks to be a concise summary of the book, and maybe useful for explaining visual thinking to students. A lot of the rest summarizes research about how yes, indeed, we think visually.
I recommend adding another set of tasks: Breathe in, Breathe out, Repeat. I know it’s a lot in a busy day but, y’know, might not be a bad idea now and again!
As a faculty brat, I honor what you do and send what supportive energy I can until routine sets in! Blessings Andrew *hug*
Thanks, Love!
See you tomorrow?
I still have the tent stakes in my car