Teaching and thriving where I am.

Today the rain turned to a torrential downpour...today was a particularly demanding day. Wednesday morning professional learning starts at 7.55am AND I missed it due to an intense migraine. I haven't woken up to one of those this entire term. 'Just take the day off ' my inner critic said. ' Nah...take it easy, move slowly and get to period 1, they need you, it's formal writing hand in day. It's a quiet class. You'll be fine as the day progresses" i reasoned. Well I took it easy, navigated through the puddles, made it to period 1 and was pleasantly surprised with the submission rate. Yay. Holiday reading ! It was also teacher appreciation day...the prefects had arranged a colourful morning tea. I missed that too. One other student handed me a beautifully written note and a chocolate to  say thank you for being a great English teacher. I'm fortunate to only live a few minutes up the road. My non contact time was meant for one set of assessment mark

Growth seasons just don't stop at Elim Christian College. Autumn 2017 seems like Spring. We have sprung into a new paradigm of change yet again. We are anticipating a   SPRING of new and vast landscapes of ideas, dreams and HOPES for a new building, a design that meets hundreds of learning needs and teaching expectations and a desire for a miracle that will see teaching staff being agile enough to teach on two campus; either on various days in a week or at set times daily either on one or the other campus. After all we are a one school two sites area school: http://www.elim.school.nz/about-elim/ I have been part of a professional journey for just on 20 years on the same site. Someone recently asked me why I never get 'sick and tired of just teaching at Elim!'. My answer: "I never tire of teaching at Elim because every year a new set of students, subjects and invariably challenges come my way. I am never bored."  I also choose never to be bored . I have grown