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First day of school Reflection

After the final bell rang and the children had safely loaded on their buses for the journey home, the halls experienced a different conversation. Teachers had emerged from their classrooms to digest the day, the very first day of the 2022-2023 school year. Five teachers leaned up against the walls to recap the woes they faced over the last eight hours. The nation has heard from thousands of teachers that last year was the most challenging school year educators have faced so naturally, the question begs to be asked, what will educators encounter in this school year? On this day, students entered into new schedules. Schedules that were different than what they experienced all summer. They were inundated with new routines. New expectations from new people. New experiences with these new people with the possibility of new relationships forming. It is my belief that the beginning of the school year is about human connection. As former educator, Rita Pierson so famously said in her TEDTalk,

And it begins

The path ahead... The Amazon truck has arrived and so begins my doctoral journey. I'm not sure what is ahead specifically. I know this journey will include lots of reading, a plethora of papers, a refresher on APA mastery, but above all, personal growth. I am starting with a book on the theory of leadership and meta-analysis of visible learning. As most could imagine, I'm definitely more interested in leadership theories rather than making learning visible through synthesizing data. As I look ahead, I want to be cognizant of balancing family time, work responsibilities, mental health, and my own personal academic journey. If you're a praying reader, send one up for me.