Ashley Sensei-Preschool

I am now a director at a preschool in Japan. I started today. I have so many ideas and so much I am looking into that I don't know how to process it all. But it has only been a day. I know that this school can use a lot of improvement as most schools can. I know as the director, that it is up to me to provide the kindergarten classrooms of the future with efficient kindergarteners. The school is full of wonderfully smart children and productive, organized teachers. The owner is friendly and open to new ideas and the school day works well with the different military and Japanese lifestyles that are present. 

It is interesting seeing the different structures of preschool. I believe that there is a lot of room for growth and a great chance to improve a school at my disposal. I will need to pick my battles tactfully, allowing the teachers the creativity and availability they crave while also providing the school with a systematic and effective program.

Things I would like to continue to improve:
More books
A more up to date (preferably technology involved) calendar
Newsletters
Hands on learning
Parent involvement activities
School assemblies
Classroom rules, playground rules etc. (with visuals)
Positive reinforcement
Art projects
Teaching writing
More musical involvement
Less paperwork at one time
Movement activities
Themes-monthly and weekly
Guided lessons
Creative lessons
Bathroom breaks

Things I would like to look into: 
Teacher's backgrounds
Prices
New curriculum.
Book selection we do have
Money allotments we could use
Teacher meetings (weekly?)
Spelling?
New teacher problems?

Things I like:
Lots of children interactions
Lots of play-time
Good time-out structure
Lots of learning activities
Flexible schedules
Amount of rules for teachers
Teachers and staff willing to learn new ways
Wanting the children to succeed
Works with children in English

The Schedule they have:
7-8 movie
8-9 play time
9-915 welcome time
915-11 school time (calendar, weather, letter, shape and color)
11-1145 lunch
1145-1230 playtime
1230-1 story time
1-230 nap time

A Schedule I'm playing with:
7-8 table time/centers
8-815 bathroom break
815-830 welcome time (calendar, sharing, colors)
830-915 playtime
915-945 school time (number and letter)
945-10 bathroom break
10-1030 story time (theme based)
1030-11 art time
11-1145 lunch (following lunch silent reading time)
1145-12 bathroom break
12-1230 playtime/centers (every other day)
1230-1 story time (naptime based)
1-230 nap-time

These are my current thoughts on the school. I know that I need to take this and make categories to discuss with the owner and then prioritize what needs to be handled at one time.I have to think through things a bit and see how and where I want to take this. But I think this is a good start for only working there one day.