Friday Focus

Each Friday, our principal sends out an email to the staff titled, Friday Focus.  It includes the typical planning type information--next week’s happenings/calendar, our upcoming Great Expectations Life Principal, where we should be in our campus goals, etc.  She also attaches all the Twitter feeds our campus teachers send out each Thursday showing the learning occurring within our classrooms, among our students.  And then there are the videos!  Oh my; what amazingly thought-provoking, uplifting, hilarious videos our principal sends.  Some she gets from teachers, some from her own research, but all are uplifting.  And when you get to each Friday, a teacher needs to be uplifted.  Teaching is hard and exhausting!  Is it worth it?  NO DOUBT!  I LOVE TEACHING.  (Do you notice all the capitals I’m using for emphasis?)  To have a principal who helps us celebrate our successes and gives us a belly rolling, laughing moment is priceless.  I want to remember to always spread that type of encouragement wherever my teaching path may lead me.