When there are inconsistencies in the hours we can’t shape, we are called to offer consistencies throughout the hours we CAN shape.
Compassion, active listening, expectations, empathy, celebrations of growth. These are the constants for which I want to be known.
Crafted and wore these good luck charms during #nbafinals🏀 #nbafinals🏆 Game 1 and they WORKED for the #yescers#indianapacers@pacers! Named all my favorites, including coaches! Only one player got TWO bracelets, and that’s THE Myles Turner! Go Pacers! #nbaontnt @nbaontnt
My @PaperMate Handwriting Pencil helped me organize materials today for our HUGE celebration of growth this upcoming Thursday at our first ever Principal’s Breakfast! 225 Jags invited with their cheerleaders to eat a breakfast and celebrate incredible things. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
I introduced myself to two different families at the beginning of two different meetings today as “Virginia Stout, OG member of (student name)’s Fan Club” and “Virginia Stout, lifetime member of (student name)’s Fan Club.”
10/10 recommend.
Will repeat this intro.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My @PaperMate handwriting pencil helped me to craft the *chefs kiss* just right response to a Google forms submission for our staff tomorrow morning.
#pencil#Monday
“My actual role on this PBIS committee is best described as ‘if you want to buy all the students a Ferrari, I have to steer you away from that.’ And fire marshal concerns.”
I think I should reframe my role and make it more like “wrangler of creative solutions with a low budget.”
Today my @PaperMate Handwriting pencil helped me take notes during meetings called Super SITs where we talked through the various needs of students on campus to make sure we were water around every rock.
#Monday#pencil
Today my @PaperMate handwriting pencil helped me take notes during a meeting. Nothing like a fresh sheet of paper and my handwriting pencil!
#Monday#pencil
Saw a commencement speech on the socials that inspires me to describe folks by their attitude, the way they treat others, and what makes them uniquely beautiful.
I’m a human:
doing: assistant principal
being: a compassionate person who genuinely wants to part of a solution.
My @PaperMate handwriting pencil helped me check off new staff names today as we ROCKED OUT to the carefully cultivated PD week playlist brought to us by this colorful device.
#Monday#Pencil
My @PaperMate pencil is holding a a spot for me in my office today as I attend a district meeting off campus all day.
Why didn’t I take my favorite pencil with me to the meeting? Because it’s nice to return home to a friendly face.
#Monday#Pencil
This Librarian Barbie is holding my dissertation as her chosen book to display.
Proud doesn’t even begin to explain how I feel about this librarian! 💜💜💜
My @PaperMate pencil is helping me make notes to update our school calendar online today.
Every week will have a PaperMate pencil update. Stay tuned.
#Monday#Pencil
Had an AMAZING day yesterday working with @MrsCaroNelson to build classes and refine the special education schedule.
There was also pizza.
And music lyric quotes.
And cats! 🐱
That moment when you’re home alone and fist pump the air because you figured out a way to make two students have speech therapy together who need to focus on language.
And they have different extra programming needs.
AND IT STILL WORKED OUT PERFECTLY.
*time for ice cream*
This is my campaign to replace “in for a penny, in for a pound” with “in for a dime, in for a dollar.”
Some think the revolution is over; perhaps it’s simply been underground this entire time.