busy month

Talk about lifestyle change! In a couple of months I've gone from stay-at-home mom to having two demanding jobs. In addition to my new role as school trustee, I've also been hired on to Canada Post as a mail carrier. Both jobs require training, so I've been burning the candle at both ends for a while, hopefully it slows down soon. The hardest part was realizing I won't often get the chance to drop off and pick up my daughter from school, and spend most days with my son.  He'll be in kindergarten next year, so this transition came a just a bit earlier than expected. The trustee orientation has gone well. We spent last weekend at the BC School Trustees Association academy. There were 418 trustees elected province-wide, 175 of them were new. That was the most ever turnaround, and the conference the best attended they've had. We discussed 21st century learning, team-building, the Ministry's agenda, and innovation. I tried to ask as many questions as would be tolerated, both to the PG team and other delegates. I'm still left with questions about 21st century learning, as it is not clear what it will look like when implemented, and there seems to be blind faith that technology will solve many problems. I think it can create new problems, too, and would not like to lose the human connection we have between students and teachers. I was expecting more government agenda and general brainwashing, but it was actually quite fair and delegates were able to ask tough questions. I wish I would have heard more about teacher contract bargaining, this was not discussed at all.