Well this last week or so I have been slowly ramping up the effort of getting ready to return to another school year.
2008 holds a few fresh challenges for me. I am taking up a new teaching position at St Bede’s North Balwyn. As well as a new school I am teaching Grade 6 and I have leadership position of ICT coordinator,all of which I have not done before.
I must admit that this last week I have been asking myself was it the best decision to move from my previous school. I have been extremely nervous about the unknowns with any new change and have found myself thinking that “better the devil you do know than the one you don’t!!” 
However I do remember feeling the same way when I first started teaching 3 years ago and I know that the feelings of anxiety and nervousness will pass.
I have been welcomed and supported warmly by the staff at St Bede’s and I am looking forward to meeting my students and their families.
No need to be nervous, I’m sure. Changing schools is usually a pretty unsettling time, getting to know new routines and new people, learning names and getting to grips with a new culture, but it’s the way we grow, personally and professionally. You’ll be fine!
There are lots of devils out there, many of them fat better than the ones we already know. Besides, who want to know just one devil?
Chris
Hi Tom,
Good luck at the new school. I’m a tech specialist for two elementary schools in Virginia, so here’s a red dot for your ClustrMap from Virginia!
Brian
Hi Tom
Thanks for following me on Twitter (montgorp).
Yeah, I am ramping up for the new year as well. Part of it is getting my PLN (Personal Learning Network) tidyed up. I wnat to make better use of it this year. I let myself get too deeply buried in my work.
Also I want to try to maintain my health this year. Tough call when I find teaching so absorbing (addictive).
Anyway, hope you have a good start to the year.