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Here it goes.  I'm jumping in.

Next week marks the "official" start of my tenure as the Lead Learner at Check Elementary School. Although I have been the principal there since July, it will become real when I stand before the faculty on Tuesday.

When I completed my Ed Leadership studies, I never planned on becoming a school leader.  In fact, each class I completed only cemented my belief that being a middle school social studies teacher was the best job ever.

Fast forward four years and I still fondly reminisce about my classroom days. But now I have fond memories of many classrooms.  I have an opportunity to mold the minds of students and adults alike. Is there any other job that is more exciting and terrifying at the same time?

I can't wait.

I'm also jumping into blogging.  Social media has had an immeasurable impact on my journey as a leader.  Since joining Twitter in May of 2012, I have had the pleasure of building one of the greatest PLNs in existence.

But they are also kind of scary.

I have been paralyzed by my fear of not having as much "greatness" to share with the blogging world as they do.

But today I am jumping in and I hope that I can be as inspiring to the faculty at Check Elementary and the members of my PLN as they have all been to me.
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