Island Girl Blog

I had an incredible day today. I was invited to participate in the Culver City high school strategic planning committee; the invitation was extended a few weeks ago. I wasn’t certain if I would be able to participate since it was a day long meeting and my goal was to be employed by then, but clearly that wasn’t in the cards, so I accepted the invitation to be a parent representative.

The committee was charged with creating a three year plan of action for the high school. This was a great opportunity to participate and contribute to the development and direction of the academic and social environment of the school. Ironically in Melissa’s class the night before, we did an exercise in building our educational policy (NCLB) to create an ideal learning environment.

With my OMET vision, I quickly built an alliance with some like minded teachers and was able to include language that commits the CCHS community to integrate and technology in their curriculum goals. Since the strategic goals are written, they commit the administration to include these goals in their budget and other planning activities.

As if I wasn’t feeling good enough today, I got a call from my “ideal” job. I had made it through the last round of interviews and they were checking my reference…..I see a light at the end of the tunnel, which is good, cause at this point, I was thinking about selling oranges at the 405 fwy. exit.