Tips for Starting the School Year Right

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Just spent some time reading my own posts and reminders from year’s past about how to start the school year right. I’m still recovering from a lighting strike at the school three weeks a go and have poured upwards of 20 hours into getting all systems back online at 100%. I thought these posts might help some of you (as honestly, they helped me ;-) as you look at starting the year.

Really, one of the great values to me, is that I can review my own posts from the same month in years prior. I find this helpful in refreshing my thoughts on best practice and what I’ve learned and I’ve made it a practice more and more.

Blog posts don’t have to be new to be worthwhile and sometimes buried in your own posts are a great nugget that you’ve forgotten.

So, let’s get it started!

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

She's a mom of three, wife of one, and loves talking about the wise, transformational use of technology for teaching and doing good in the world.

She has blogged at the Cool Cat Teacher Blog since 2005 and hosts the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast and Cool Cat Teacher Talk (radio, public access TV, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms), interviewing remarkable educators around the world. Vicki focuses on what unites us — a quest for truly remarkable, life-changing teaching and learning. The goal of her work is to provide actionable, encouraging, relevant ideas for teachers, grounded in truth and shared with love.

If you talk to Vicki for long, she'll encourage you to "Relate to Educate," to "innovate like a turtle," or to be "a remarkable teacher." She loves homemade sourdough bread and cinnamon rolls and runs half marathons with her sisters. You can usually find her laughing with her students or digging into a book.

Thank you for reading, sharing, and telling your friends about the work we do here! - Vicki

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4 comments

John Peters August 5, 2008 - 12:27 am

Vicki

What a great blog post. I referenced it on my blog: My plan for 2008 – 2009

One thing that I had yet to do for this upcoming school year was to “write a plan”. Thanks for reminding me to do so.

angelesb August 5, 2008 - 5:37 pm

I’ve read this information before in your blog and used some ideas in my own class. Thanks for sharing again for the beginning of the school year. I’ll re.read it :-)

Linda August 5, 2008 - 5:49 pm

I am a first time reader and I wanted to say your tips for first of the year starting up your class are great. Thanks!
Linda

Anonymous August 5, 2008 - 7:43 pm

I started off last school year with free school folders from this outfit and it really helped get my class organized. Each student had their own homework folder. They’re a blessing if you have to work with disadvantaged students.

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