No behavior problems, no talking back, all lessons went off without any snafus (ha- love that word), and the schedule change didn’t disrupt us one bit! Then I had my class (teaching reading strategies) and that was great too!
10/3: went to the New England Mobile Book Fair October 3, 2009
Interesting. It is pretty much a book warehouse. Good prices in the bargain room, but the rest weren’t that much of a discount. Not really worth the drive. When looking for a picture of books to put on here, I found this and it make me laugh:
10/2: wore a Patriots T-Shirt to work October 2, 2009
It was Patriots Pride Day so I took it upon myself to wear the largest (think elephant-sized) shirt that I could find in my home last night (when I remembered that it was Patriots Pride Day today.) Both Brian and I are regular-sized so I have no idea where this shirt came from. I feel ridiculous. In related news, I feel that wearing jeans to work makes me feel like much less of a professional. Not a fan.
9/22: went to a handwriting workshop September 22, 2009
They have recently (well, sometime since I learned it in the 80s) changed cursive writing so it is easier. There is no uppercase Q that looks like a 2 anymore. It looks like a Q with a loop. Also, there are no curlie qs on top of the M, N, and other letters anymore. Weird.
7/6: started summer school July 7, 2009
So far, so good! I am looking forward to the rest of the summer. I have a really nice group of kids.
6/30: cleaned out my classroom June 30, 2009
I had no idea how much stuff I had. I am teaching summer school which is at a different school than the one I work at, so I had to load up the car with stuff to take there. BUT I don’t have my classroom yet so it is in my car. Please don’t break into my car to steal children’s books and markers. Thanks in advance.
Here’s an idea: if any strong person wants to make some money, get a CORI check and call your local school on the last day. I can pretty much guarantee that teachers will fall all over themselves to have you clean their classrooms and move their things. I would personally pay you a ton of freaking money to avoid this horrendous task. However, I truly enjoy setting my classroom up so I don’t know if you could make this a two season gig.
Also, I cannot even believe that this day one year ago I was zooming across the Atlantic to Spain. I am really sad because that was a fun adventure. But I am still working on the Spanish, so that’s good.
*Happy anniversary to Jill and Bryan- one year yesterday!*
6/18: researched student loan forgiveness June 19, 2009
As I am a complete nerd, I frequent a money message board. One of the people was saying how she is a teacher and qualified for student loan forgiveness for part of her loans. I am filling out the paperwork since I work in a low income district and am a special education teacher. Who knows if I qualify, but that would be awesome.
4/27: finished my licensure program! April 28, 2009
Whooooooo!!!!! After three years, one master’s degree, and seven additonal graduate classes, I have finally finished my second licensure program. I am now licensed to teach (pending processing) moderate disablities pre-k to 8th grade and regular ed. 1-6 grades. NO MORE SCHOOL!!! NO MORE SCHOOL!!! I have nights to myself. This is so freaking awesome. I worked my butt off so I am so so so excited to be done. PS- of course I mean no more grad school. I will certainly be continuing to teach.
8-26: met my new students September 28, 2008
I am so excited! I love my job and they seem like a great group.
4/12: job fair April 13, 2008
Cost: $10.00 for admission
Time: up to six hours
I finish my M.Ed. in just a few short weeks, and as I will be away for the majority of the summer, I am trying to get a job for the fall asap. I went to a job fair yesterday and talked to a few principals, dropped off some packets (teaching packets are incredible: test scores, transcripts, license, resume, cover letter, letters of recommendation- it comes out to like 10 pages), and hopefully will get an interview or two out of it. The district pays well, but it is urban and my experience is in upscale suburban communities. I don’t know if this will shut me out, but I would really like to work in this city. I’m keeping my fingers crossed!
