New blog

I am hopeful I can get to this blog once a week or so to talk about my experiences as a teacher. Every new teacher struggles. And I've learned that ever teacher (seasoned or not) has a rough first month in our school due to culture issues.

The school has been under-performing in regard to CSAP scores and declining enrollment. The board brought in consultants from a charter school in Ft. Collins that is highly ranked nationally to help. The first step was replacing administration and most of the staff. As you might expect, this transition has been hard on the community (most of which was not aware of the under-performance). The school culture is in transition as well, and the kids are a bit rebellious. As such, staff turnover has been a huge issue (as you might expect since I joined mid-year).