Thursday, June 21, 2012

Checking In


This year, I created “check in dinners”. Monday-Thursday, M, M, A as well as media specialists M&B give up their seat at the head table and counselors sit with me for dinner. I divided the staff into “teams” so every Monday I will have dinner with the red team, Tuesday is the orange team, Wednesday is the yellow team and Thursday is the green team. It is a great way to check in with staff and also gives them a short break from kids. It’s only the first week, but I love it already.

I am trying to be intentionally more “hands on” this summer. It seems like I get so busy with emails and paperwork that all of a sudden it is July and I realize I haven’t had a chance to really talk with staff one on one or go out to activities. So this year I am scheduling in time and even though it’s only been 4 days, I’m already doing better than ever and I feel more accessible to staff. I am eager to do this for a few more weeks in a row and see how it goes.

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