It was the night before school starts and all through the house, not a creature was stirring except for me. It's quiet at my house but I haven't gone to bed yet. Usually I would be fretting about small things like:
Will I remember to run those copies?
Did I plan enough to keep the kids engaged and busy?
Do I have enough snacks?
Will this be a good year?
What about behaviors?
But this year I am coaching. This year I am able to help teachers in their classrooms to improve instruction which impacts student engagement and achievement. This is our time to make an improvement. This is our time to grow and learn. This is our time to make a difference.
So tomorrow starts 173 of days with the students of East Sac County. 173 days to be the best we can be.
One of the fears that the staff communicated to us is they weren't sure if they would be able to "bring it" every day for 173 days. And you know what-it will be hard. There will be some days that we are on our A game and able to bring it. There will be other days that our personal life gets in the way, students behaviors bring us down, or physical ailments interfere with our ability to bring it. But...if we continue to try to strive to "bring it" every day for every kid we will be in a better place than we were when we started.
The high school principal adopted the phrase and is using it as a motto for his building. So tomorrow teachers we get to Bring it! We get to open our classroom doors and share ourselves and our knowledge with the students of ESC. Aren't we the lucky ones?
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