Musings from Mrs. Galvan

I am spending July at home, with the three kids, trying to be at peace with my pact to not do work and just enjoy time with my kids... But the baby is taking a nap and the older kids are occupied, so I am breaking my pact for just a little while to write just a short blog post on advisory and Council . --- I left the math classroom last August and entered administration as a middle school dean. While deaning  gave me plenty of opportunities to counsel students and talk shop with teachers, I really missed being in the classroom. Teaching is part of my identity. Discussing ideas with a room full of 14 year olds is exciting, inspiring, challenging and incredibly fulfilling.  So while the new gig didn't afford me the chance to teach math, it did give me a mini class to take on: advisory. While not quite the same as a class that meets everyday, the weekly hour-long advisory sessions and daily attendance encounters, were my favorite parts of my daily routine. Social-emotional ...