The Answer...I believe I have one!

I will admit my first year as a S.A.M. I worked the entire year faking it...Faking that I knew what I was doing as to student discipline.
Faking that I knew what I was doing with staff.
Faking that I knew what to do to lead the program.
Some times the faking was believable even to me...sometimes not.
So now I am into my first year as an assistant principal.
Less faking and a lot more just working my butt off.
Now the dilema for this year.
I am supposed to be an educational leader.  Really....
I know I am an artist and I also know I am a teacher.  I have always told students to create what they know. I have also believe that when you know what you know it will lead you to your next creation.
Well here is a small piece of my creation... the beginning of a systemic wide educational idea.
Transitional Kindergarten is a beginning that shows it works, now ramp it up!
Next step Transitional 4th or T4 .
Middle step T6 Transitional 6th,
Then of course Alternative School, truly being alterntive. (three courses of study).
All this can be done with monies already provided but could be advanced even further with legislation that embraces the concept that extended year, extended graduation, and extedended learning are the next phase in the everchanging educational stage. 
Now how to research, refine, and experiment this idea.  It can't be a ten year project. I see it as a three year directive. 
Educators who are interested in the concept gather around!!!

The Twitter of my Thoughts....

I was encouraged to join twitter and the twitter world by my administrative team.

I had tried twitter earlier and found I did not understand the idea of 140 characters.I had more to say or so I thought.

Well after hearing a lot about the hash tags resources I tried again.

Here are my twitter thoughts now....



Twitter Thoughts

Guess I don't have more to say but have found that I always have at least 7 more characters to say.

Great resources but not enough time to look at them all and then feels like I am leaving quarters laying around on the sidewalk.

Follow people and they have followed me with the help of administrative friends, wow someone follows me!

Got followed by very unusual people and not sure if I should block them or if they are people with just unusual twitter names and pictures..will admit a couple scare me.

Final thought....Scott McLeod is like the King and Jason Glass is running a close second.

(I think I like blogging better....)