MTLD Meeting

How many outside windows are there in the entire office?”

Guess who's CM wrote this: Dear MTLD - I need you to know that I appreciate you and your efforts to ensure I am the best teacher I can be. Thank you for creating more TFA pod events for us. It makes a big difference. I want you to know that I am interested in pursuing school leadership in the future and would love resources and insights into how to pursue that.

What brand are the computer desktop monitors?

Guess who's CM wrote this: I want you to know... That I feel very supported by you, my administration, second year corp members, and veteran teachers. I absolutely love my students, even though they drive me up a wall sometimes. Teaching is one of the most exhausting, yet rewarding things I have ever done, and one day I really do believe we can provided all students with a quality education if we continue this work.

What is the name of one of the new printers? Hint “victory of the people”

Guess who's CM Wrote this: Dear MTLD, I need you to know that I am aware of how you are growing in your position. Just like how I have become a better teacher, you are becoming a better MTLD with each meeting! I want you to keep helping me focus on specific areas on which I need to improve.

What is the name of the large conference room?

Guess who's CM wrote this: Dear MTLD, I want you to continue to be the positive person you are because you make me feel important when I get little to no recognition from my school's leadership for all of the hours I spend purposefully planning. I want you to continue sharing resources with me, especially techniques on motivating high school students - just because I'm in my second year, doesn't mean I've got it all together. Keep doing what you're doing and know that you are a welcome presence in my classroom at all times, but don't leave without giving me something to think about!

How many men are on our team?

Guess who's CM wrote this: Dear MTLD, I need you to know... I am proud to call you my MTLD. I believe that you care about my work beyond the classroom. You are truly candid me and my students. I appreciate your investment and being fully understanding. I want you to... continue to push my skills in the classroom and as a leader within the community I have created. I do not think I am the type of person to stand up at a board meeting but I do believe in my story. I think by pushing through some of the set backs I've experienced already I could make a lasting impact.

What is on the glass windows in the large conference room?

Guess who's CM wrote this: Dear MTLD, I need you to know that I always appreciate your feedback and that I like how you challenge me to try new things in my classroom. I want you to encourage & motivate me more often because doing this job is way too complicated for me at times and I just need words of affirmation. Thank you for all you do for my students and I!

Guess who's CM wrote this: Dear MTLD, I need you to know… I appreciate all of your support since the beginning of this year. You immediately made me feel comfortable talking with you about pretty much any topic and I have sincerely felt that I have strong support whenever I need it. You have given me the right balance of support/feedback and have always been quick to respond when I had a question. Your availability to me as a corps member has been very important to me and I need you to know that I thank you for that! I feel that I have gotten so much out of our one on one time and you have constantly challenged me to try new things and to attack problems that I am seeing in the classroom. I feel like I am becoming a better teacher every day because of the feedback you have given me! Thank you!!

What is the name of the coffee machine?

Guess who's CM wrote this: I need you to know that I appreciate you. I appreciate your hard work. I appreciate your genuine love for the students at XYZ School. I appreciate your care for me and all of the other Corps Members in our Pod. I appreciate your willingness to get better. I appreciate your work ethic. I appreciate your zeal for fighting educational inequity. I appreciate you. Know that I am not the only one. Know that other corps members in this region often rave about you and how we are so, SO thankful for you. Know that your labor is not going in vain. And for that, THANK YOU.