School starts the day after tomorrow!!

I have been working in my classroom all week and have just had time to really think about how things are going. It's fairly overwhelming to be brand new again at a school , especially when I've been used to being a leader within my school. I don't like the part about not knowing where things are, how to get things done, who to call when my computer breaks, and not knowing the curriculum as well as I'd like. I'm working in a department of very nice people, but at the same time I'm not included in discussions because they assume I don't know or don't care what they are doing yet. I have to laugh and remember that in my first teaching job, no one spoke to me for the first 6 months. That's a slight exaggeration, but really really slight. This isn't unusual, it's just not fun.

I feel somewhat ready to start the school year. I feel more ready than I thought I would at this point. My biggest concern of course is behavior. I'm teaching 8th graders and I really want to connect with them, but everyone has so freaked me out about behavior expectations that I feel the need to be really tough at first.