Lessons Learned

Teaching is Always Uphill Yesterday,  I stood symbolically with my staff with our backs loaded down with the burdens of starting a school year.  We stared at the map outlining the uphill journey ahead of us.   We knew that our only option was to carry those burdens up the hill as we guide children towards the summit of success. Teaching is always an uphill journey.   There are no flat plateaus or sloping winding descents.  Always climbing,  teachers push on through storms and debris focused on the mission of changing lives.   On the best days,  the teaching journey is an uplifting, joyous struggle.  I must admit that  I stood at the edge of the uphill journey and asked how many more of these ascents do I have in me.   At that moment,  the clouds cleared.   A beam of light called a Facebook message brightened the horizon and gave me a glimpse of the amazing summit that awaits us as we guide our students up the ascent....