Life Change
I have made a huge change in my life in the last 45 minutes. I am going to be teaching second grade this fall at The Discovery School in Dickson. Aaron and Lyn are particularly excited since I've promised to lay off about grandkids. This should help my baby fever a bit.
I had applied at this same school for what I thought was my dream job of elementary librarian - that may still be my dream job, it just will remain in my dreams - and the interview went so well they decided to offer me the only other available position - one I didn't even apply for. If you don't know how school interviews go anymore, you are usually interviewed by the principal plus a representative from all the different grade and subject levels in the school, so I had five other people there. One couldn't make it. Thank goodness, she may not have liked me!
It is a really small school. There are only about 16 teachers and less than 400 kids. They are close knit - more like family- in fact the principal said it was almost like having a second marriage. The fact that they invited me in is great, but now what? I'm scared to death. I haven't taught second grade in 28 years! I'll be teaching math, social studies and science and the other second grade teacher will teach the reading. I'm excited about teaching math, social studies and science, but jealous that she gets reading. How's that for logic? Twenty homeroom kids and twenty more of hers for 90 minutes a day while she has mine. Something new since I last taught elementary, a planning period!
Even though this is sort of out of the blue, I already have some ideas. Anything you may have heard about or seen with your own children or done at home with your kids - or any teachers reading this PLEASE comment with advice/information/ideas/projects. I feel like a first year teacher without the benefit of student teaching getting me ready!
I had more to tell you, but this is an epic so I'll quit. Everyone have a great summer. Some of you are off to Europe, Africa, Six Flags, and Bed Bath and Beyond. Me? I'm off to do die-cuts at the teacher center!
I had applied at this same school for what I thought was my dream job of elementary librarian - that may still be my dream job, it just will remain in my dreams - and the interview went so well they decided to offer me the only other available position - one I didn't even apply for. If you don't know how school interviews go anymore, you are usually interviewed by the principal plus a representative from all the different grade and subject levels in the school, so I had five other people there. One couldn't make it. Thank goodness, she may not have liked me!
It is a really small school. There are only about 16 teachers and less than 400 kids. They are close knit - more like family- in fact the principal said it was almost like having a second marriage. The fact that they invited me in is great, but now what? I'm scared to death. I haven't taught second grade in 28 years! I'll be teaching math, social studies and science and the other second grade teacher will teach the reading. I'm excited about teaching math, social studies and science, but jealous that she gets reading. How's that for logic? Twenty homeroom kids and twenty more of hers for 90 minutes a day while she has mine. Something new since I last taught elementary, a planning period!
Even though this is sort of out of the blue, I already have some ideas. Anything you may have heard about or seen with your own children or done at home with your kids - or any teachers reading this PLEASE comment with advice/information/ideas/projects. I feel like a first year teacher without the benefit of student teaching getting me ready!
I had more to tell you, but this is an epic so I'll quit. Everyone have a great summer. Some of you are off to Europe, Africa, Six Flags, and Bed Bath and Beyond. Me? I'm off to do die-cuts at the teacher center!
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