A Date Books
Not Just
For Dates

A date book, its true, will come in handy for reminding yourself of faculty meetings, PPTs, and scheduled observations. More importantly, however, it can be used to document the unscheduled events that crop up during the day, and often come back to haunt you weeks later. You might think you'll never forget the day Darrell's father called to complain about your discipline policies (the first time), or that Tamika's mother stopped in to request a speech evaluation, or what you did when Patrick bloodied Jose's nose on the playground. But you will. Jot it down immediately in your date book. And keep the date book in, not on, your desk.

09/14/2010