A New Role

As many of you may already know, I was successful last week in my application to become the next Principal Teacher of Mathematics at North Berwick High School.  I am absolutely delighted, and can't wait to get started.

The vacancy arose as a result of the approaching retirement of my current PT, Simon Smith.  It has been a great privilege to work under Simon's leadership, and he has provided me with a wonderful working environment over the last 9 years.  I will be very proud of myself if I manage to offer the same levels of trust and support to my team over the coming years.

I have lots of plans, but I think I should share them with the department before I post them here.  Suffice it to say that some involve social web tools some do not :-)

I must say a huge thank you to all the people who offered me advice, encouragement and support over the last few months.  I could not have done it without you all.

Comments

  1. Miles Berry3 April 2009 at 09:50

    Excellent news! Congratulations.

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  2. johnjohnston9 April 2009 at 15:02

    Congratulation Robert, i look forward to reading about the plans both with and without the social web.

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  3. Calum Blair9 April 2009 at 18:13

    Congratulations Robert. It is much deserved. Give my regards to the team!

    Calum

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  4. don ledingham12 April 2009 at 22:36

    Robert

    I'm delighted to hear of your appointment. Very well deserved and I look forward to tracking the achievements of your team over the next few years.

    Al the best

    Don

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  5. jonesieboy21 April 2009 at 18:08

    Thanks all of you :-)

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