After a great conversation with my administrators, I am excited to see what information this project will give us throughout the year. I just learned that our enrollment has exceeded 2800 for the coming school year, and I believe our school capacity is 2500. Things are going to get pretty sticky in the next two years, but if we work together to encourage one another, I think we can continue to get better every day.
I've been brainstorming ideas with colleagues this week, and a few of the teacher appreciation initiatives I would like to see are
1) A huge, laminated "Teacher of the Week" award to post outside a teacher's door each week. The award will have a blank that can be filled in with a specific reason that teacher is being recognized.
2) School-wide contests, such as a chili cook-off or "iron chef" contest. Contests that involve food have an added bonus that all the people get to eat. :)
3) Random acts of kindness for staff. For example, walking door to door and passing out candy or restaurant coupons to teachers who are on hallway duty.
I certainly welcome any and all ideas, so if you do something great on your campus, please share!
