I was pleased today when our district Superintendent chose to play Randy Pausch’s Last lecture for the welcome back meeting. His messages of inspiration are incredible and ingenious. Even though I’ve heard them many time already, it was great to know the call to arms this year had so much merit. This is the video if you haven’t seen it yet. I know it will make your teaching year better if you watch it. It is especially powerful now that Randy has passed.

Secondly, I was delighted with the second video played at the meeting by the founder of Farrell’s. It was called “Give them the Pickle!” It encouraged me to give more to the students and their families that I serve in the capacity of a teacher. This video is great if you work with people in any way.

The welcome back meeting was inspiring. I have a few days to set up my classroom and concentrate on what really matters: the customer (student, family, community). More on my renewed vision for this schoolyear later … Hope your back to school meeting went as well as mine. Happy new school year!

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