The challenge is real, I’m genuinely concerned that the multiple role aspect here is going to stretch me too thin. I am keeping my head above water at school with the leadership and coordinator aspects, barely, but managing to do it. However, the teaching role has definitely taken a back seat during the day, leaving me to plan at home until later than I like. This in turn means I’m not spending the time with my family the way I want to. I suppose this is one of the challenges of leadership roles, particularly ones in small schools where there are so many hats to wear.
I am excited about the teaching, being able to focus on my main subject, being able to work with an excited and enthusiastic team is energizing, although I wish there was more opportunity to sit down with them and build some pieces together. It has been nice taking my experience with curriculum review and unit assessment into lesson planning again, it provides such a wider lens to consider my planning and really helps to reinforce all the pieces necessary to build a strong unit.
With a couple of days left before the students arrive it looks like we are on track, minus one crisis, and I can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.
Learning to Lead 