The Following is a Recipe to Help Create a "Best Year Ever!" for Your Students and You This Year!

1. Realize that you are a leader with a team to lead.

2. Know where you are leading your team.  Where do you want to take them this year?

3. Motivate and enlist your team to go with you by taking time to create a shared vision with your team.  Get them excited about where you are leading them this year.
4. Lead your team the way you want to be led.  Model the way!
5. Get your team members to believe they can achieve.
6. Tell and show your team that you care about them consistently with your words and actions.
7. Create a caring community through a team approach where individuals work to achieve team goals while striving for personal best.
8. Take time to build and maintain your team.  Do at least one teambuilding activity a day.
9. Teach, model, and practice the procedures you want your team to follow.
10. Establish and consistently enforce team rules and consequences right from the start.

Focus on these 10 items the first 10 days of school and you will create a positive, safe learning environment for all to thrive in for the entire year.  Good Luck!