Fear of the Unknown
Sadly, yesterday it was announced that the Assistant Principal at my school is being transferred. Some people may think I wish that could happen to me. However, this idea terrifies me. Perhaps my fear will prove to be unjustified, and for that, I can only hope and institute some hard-core wishful thinking. The source of my deep anxiousness in this administrative change is the fact that my current AP has been INCREDIBLY supportive of my use of technology in my classroom. She sees the value in the projects I do with my students, doesn’t question my new ideas, and puts faith into the processes my students go through to create and communicate.
It’s scary to have someone new come in, who will most likely be my immediate supervisor, that may or may not support all that I have developed since I started teaching. The question is, how to approach her. Do I quietly continue doing what I have always done and assume I do not need permission to continue? Do I introduce myself and present her with a smörgåsbord of projects my students have created? Oh how I struggle with the unknown!
