33 years.

Starting in the fall of 1979 until the end of school 2012… I have never, not been enrolled in or employed by a school.  K-12, led directly to college, which led directly to teaching… 33 straight years of first days  After deciding last spring that I was going to take a year to travel, consult and breathe, I knew that the day would come and go that I was supposed to go back to school.Today was that day, as SLA started school this morning.  Now, I wasn’t exactly absent the process, as Ms. Hull and I are still working with the ever talented and delightful Hullenberg Advisory.  While Ms. Hull distributed 350 computers to SLA 10-12th students, I was in a Google Hangout with the advisory, doing their transcript review, giving out locker assignments, filling out paperwork and answering questions.  I was there (via webcam) for two hours.  It was lovely.  But it wasn’t my first day of school.I certainly have embraced change in my path over my career, but it was always from one school to the next.  Today, today is a different kind of change.  Good in its own way, just different.  I love working in schools and with teachers and students.  This year will be different from the previous 33 in some big ways.  Today, was a first day of sorts for me, just not the first day of school I’ve been accustomed to.