First Day of Work

July 23, 2007


Off to Augusta for my first day of orientation. Couldn't help but take these pics---promise not to do so while driving on a regular basis anyway... Great morning meeting the team leaders within the Special Services Team and then onto more specific orientation time with Anna Feeney.

Fun to get to know each of the team members----Lisa is a special education teacher in Gardiner at the high school level and lives in the Augusta area. Dorothy has most recently been special education director in Biddeford. She has been renting an apartment near her work as her home is in Fort Kent. And me!! Anna is our leader--she came to this position from being the director in Calais and has been doing this job for 8 years. She and her husband, a superintendent, are looking forward to retiring at the end of the 2007-08 school year.

The admin assistant for the team is Jean---I can tell already how valuable she is and will be to all of us this coming year!

Anna gave us lots of reading homework for the next few weeks to prepare for our return in Augusta. The new regs, review of the SERT form, and citations to complete as we do our readings. Look forward to getting up to speed on all of this new information!