Does anybody really know what time it is?

I'll just leave this here.

Now for the real fun! Last week was super busy and fun!

On Monday, I got to meet up with Jamie and Carlo for our regularly-scheduled chat. Then, Ms. Emily joined us to discuss the revival of the STAR Team (thanks, Alex, for being the first to sign up!). After all that, I caught up on emails, which is what I typically do on Mondays. Try not to be jealous.

Tuesday was a day for classroom visits. First, I went to North and had a delightful time with Vince and his scholars. After a quick caffeine run, I went over to Scott Carpenter for a lovely visit with Alex and her kiddos. My favorite sanity-saving portion of this job is seeing all of you expand your teaching skills, by the way. Thank you for always being open to my suggestions.

I attended a rather long meeting/PD on Wednesday, then met up with Carlo and Drew DeMarie. Drew is the Training Director at Mentor Colorado (our statewide mentoring partnership) and he taught me that we have the ability to apply for a grant that will allow us to receive free technical assistance. I'm  so stoked that we will be able to analyze what's going well in our programs and then address some of the issues we face! Growth makes me happy.

I began Thursday morning with stupidly slow traffic and then a wonderful chat with Joe. That was followed up with a trip to Kearney MS to meet with a slew of people about the programs there and at Adams City MS. It looks like the district is unable to overcome some scheduling issues, which means Portia and Michael will have the opportunity to modify our model while still achieving our mission! I'm thrilled to work with them on this project. :-)

On Friday (I know, I know...), I went over to West to see Carlos work his magic. I know you've all already taught the Apple Pie lesson, but I just want to toot his horn a bit. Why? Because Joey doesn't share food and it's a perfect example of a Whole Pie Eater! I'm so glad he was able to maintain fidelity while also bringing in this kid-approved resource.

That's it from here. I've got a load of resources to drop on you all, but I don't want to tack it to the end of a typical post. Stay tuned for a bonus edition of my blog!