This is the part of the school year where the pace really picks up. Our hard and fast deadline known as the last day of school is quickly approaching. While you channel your inner Olaf and sing "A drink in my hand, my snow up against the burning sand probably getting gorgeously tanned in summer" the back of your mind is also likely nagging at you about all that is left to do as well.
One thing that I've found this time of year lends itself to is asking the questions that start with "I wonder why we...?" This is a great time of year to keep a list of those questions. It's often in our frantic final sprint of the school year that we find ourselves debating the merits behind whether or not something needs to go forward for years to come. Keeping a list of these things will really help you when you begin to look at next year. I am big proponent that every year you ought to be able to either take something off of your plate all together or, at least be able to make sure that some things don't occupy as much space on your plate as you go forward. This is the time of year when those seeds are planted. Keep tabs on them and then, take action on them going into the next year. When I was a coach we called this phenomenon "Addition by Subtraction." The idea is simple; we get better by either taking something or drastically reducing our reliance on it. In coaching, you learn quickly that the size of your playbook has little to do with your success. If you can't run one play then you won't do very well with fifty of them. The same is true for us in education. Quick side note, you'll have to pardon the Olaf reference. We just returned from 7 days at Disney World and while my physical body has made it home my sanity remains between the doldrums of lost luggage and the human reprogramming the Disney has mastered over 50 years. Good luck in the home-stretch everyone.
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