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Blogs by Elaine Carey
New School Year 8/22/2013 1:15:06 AM
Teachers and inservices, breakfast tacos, and changes. Always, there are changes! We have have a new principal and several new staff members on our campus. It's alright, even though change is a wonky thing to deal with when one is an educator.
There are new online programs--IXL and Achieve 3000. But we learned those and began exploring them last year. Texas law has changed over the summer, and those implications regarding standardized testing are trickling down. We've new test scores to disaggregate. New data to triangulate. Who knew teaching would be several parts math and part science, lots of reading? Our eyes need Visine after all the scrutiny we've performed.
Tonight, families come to the school. We all love meeting the students and their parents. A tidal wave of kids will flood the building, and we'll be overwhelmed with opening day enthusiasm. For today, we'll believe every child can learn, because every teacher can and will teach. I hope it lasts throughout the year. 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