Week 2

This week I’ve been shoring up my grasp on my job as a department director. I got some advice at the Director’s meeting about what specifically I was supposed to be doing, as well as helping out with some suggestions for other departments, like Art. Kevin and I have made sure that our departments are up to speed o their jobs, and know all the important dates for their jobs. We worked in our department meetings on weekly blogs and the Dirty Dozen, and stressed the importance of both of those things. Another thing I’ve been stressing on my team is the use of Trello. I understand the feeling of not wanting to use it, but Kevin and I have been impressing upon the teams the importance of keeping their work organized, and the importance for their grade of our ability to watch their progress. I am currently preparing a schedule spreadsheet of everything that will be needed at what times for presentation during our meeting with Sandra Jackson, which I will send to Shannon to be looked over. Shannon has offered to come to the first contract meeting since several aspects have changed, which I gladly accepted. It will be nice to have the security of another experienced person helping to make sure nothing is overlooked.