Ready, Set, Teach: Thoughts on Beginning the School Year Well

And thus it begins, I am in the office listening to Josh Groban croon as I try to grapple with the music of life. In less than two hours I’ll be in the first faculty meeting of the year with my colleagues. Thursday we’ll have new faces along with quite a few returning ones.

I’ve already written my own goals for how I want to level up this year in my classroom – most of them having to do with work flow. My husband has already had me practice saying the word “no” to prepare for the year — someth...