Starting the FCS leadership academy

Yesterday, I began an adventure.  I started leadership training program through Floyd County Schools (FCS).

I've been a teacher for many years.  Along the way though, I've had many other jobs - before teaching, while teaching, and between teaching positions.  I've been a farm hand, a factory worker, a lab scientist, a reporter, a politician, and a tutor.  I look forward to new challenges and working with new people.  New adventures are right up my alley, but they can also be intimidating.

The first meeting of my FCS leadership academy cohort was friendly, cordial, and informative.  However, my first reaction was like this Dilbert Comic.  (Apologies to Craig if I'm posting unauthorized content, and apologies and kudos to Scott Adams for your funny comic.)

After the initial shock of being a student again and having assignments to complete, I actually enjoyed the meeting quite a lot.  I knew about half of the participants and leaders before the class began and knew many of them quite well.

Not naming names but some of the participants and instructors have shared the following experiences with me -

• college classmate
• high school classmate (saw his brother see his first snow)
• former student
• fellow actor in independent film
• sweater vest club member (not a real club)

 Knowing some people made the meeting more comfortable; the other people being nice made it even more so.

In our discussion of possible topics, I began to see how the different departments related to each other and how they work together as a whole.  As a classroom teacher, I rarely think about what goes on behind the scenes with decisions based on funding and facilities.  I look forward to learning more about how a school system works.

But for now, I better get to my assignments. Last night was my first meeting of the class and this blog begins my first assignment.  As we said in the 90s, nothing to it but to do it.