Our recess (and lunch) para supervisors have one of the most difficult jobs at school. We ask them to keep everything orderly and everyone safe during our most unstructured times of the school day. We ask them to do this during a time that some of our students feel is their only opportunity within the day when/where they don't have to worry so much about the routines and and structures that are expected of them.
Last month, I overheard something that one of our own recess supervisory said after conversing with a substitute recess supervisor that was at our school that day. She said how they'd had similar experiences being in/working in other schools, and the other schools just have different environments than Van Allen's. She went on to say, "They're more negative."
This was music to my ears as culture is something that we've been emphasizing for the past 15 + months since I've become the principal at Van Allen.
Nowhere is perfect. We are not perfect. We make mistakes. We have bad days. We have plenty of things that we are trying to make better. But, nonetheless, it is pretty good here. Actually, it is pretty great here.
The grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Perspective is easy to lose sight of when you are living it each and every day.
Slow down. Breathe. Relax. Tune out some of the noise, and look for the signal.
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ReplyDeleteIt’s so nice to hear the good stuff too sometimes, thank you for sharing this! What a breath of fresh air to hear such a wonderful perspective from such an important figure in our children’s lives. Keep up the great work!
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