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Monday, February 27, 2006
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Interview change
Okay - I goofed on this, I completely forgot that Saturday, March 4, is the day I take my Praxis PLT (my last test for initial teacher liscensure). I had to reschedule my interview (embarrassing), but the good news is, I now have two interviews, one with the principal in Sprindale on Saturday, March 11 at 9:00am, and another in Rogers at an interview day for the school district, on the SAME day, at 3:00. That will be a big day for me. The marriage retreat is the night before in Little Rock, so we're going to have a sitter for the whole weekend. We will have to leave L.R. at about 5:00 am to ensure that we get to Springdale in time, but it's worth it. And - two hundred bucks later - I now have a suit, which my career services advisor said I had to have to interview in to get the job. So, as gutwrenching as it was to pay for, I now have one - I sure hope it gets me the job, so much for my own merit, huh? I guess first impressions really are that important! Anyway, be thinking of us this weekend, it's a big one.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Great news!
I have a job interview!! A brand new school is opening in Springdale, and the assistant principal at one of the schools there is going to be principal of the new school, and she is interviewing me on SATURDAY (especially awesome because if I miss student teaching, I have to make it up after graduation, so I won't have to miss school for this) March 4, at 1:15. Springdale is where I would like to work the most, so I am really hopeful! YEA!
Thursday, February 09, 2006
It's been a while....
Wow... sorry....
So - a lot has happened. Christmas break went well. So much has happened since then that I only vaguely remember it. Thomas and I went up to Fayetteville for our anniversary to meet with profs. at U of A. It was really productive, and we were able to get a feel for the area, and even looked at an apartment, but we were both REALLY sick, so we didn't get to do most of the things I had planned. I am glad we went, however, because Thomas has been offered an assistantship position beginning in MAY (which is a big deal because many kids are on their own for the summers)! He has also been granted a teaching assistantship throughout the school year, and the Distinguished Academy Fellowship, so the department will be paying for his tuition, and he will make $24,500 a year to work 20 hours a week (although he'll only actually have to teach 9 of those hours, and the other 11 are for prep, planning, and grading). We are pretty excited about that, it really is a great offer.
I finished the block! For the first two and a half weeks of school I went to class all day, every day from 8-5, and then had homework, papers and projects in all four classes every night. I rarely went to bed before 2:00am, and sometimes later. It was very taxing on me, but it is over! I made it! So I began my first student teaching rotation Monday. I am in a pre-K class for the first six weeks and will be in a fourth-grade class the second six weeks. If you want to hear about it, give me a call and I will tell you about it. :-) It is going well, there are lots of challenges, and lots to learn, but I am excited about the teaching I will begin next week. I have applied to one school district, but they have not yet started hiring, and I am in the process of applying to three others (all in the Fayetteville area). I really hope to get a position in Springdale (the one I've already applied to), but I am mostly just wanting to know I have a job before we move up there. :-)
Jace is doing really well. We have had some monumental breakthroughs in communication - he has learned "wait," and we have been able to have some exchanges in which he can tell me what he wants and I understand, so that has been great. He's also quite the little singer and dancer - he LOVES music!
Well, I am fading. :-) It is just past 6:00 pm, but I am already falling asleep, so I think I'm going to cuddle with Jace and let him watch a movie on the couch. I am sure there are a lot of things I'm forgetting to say, but I'll add them as I think of them. We love and miss you all!
So - a lot has happened. Christmas break went well. So much has happened since then that I only vaguely remember it. Thomas and I went up to Fayetteville for our anniversary to meet with profs. at U of A. It was really productive, and we were able to get a feel for the area, and even looked at an apartment, but we were both REALLY sick, so we didn't get to do most of the things I had planned. I am glad we went, however, because Thomas has been offered an assistantship position beginning in MAY (which is a big deal because many kids are on their own for the summers)! He has also been granted a teaching assistantship throughout the school year, and the Distinguished Academy Fellowship, so the department will be paying for his tuition, and he will make $24,500 a year to work 20 hours a week (although he'll only actually have to teach 9 of those hours, and the other 11 are for prep, planning, and grading). We are pretty excited about that, it really is a great offer.
I finished the block! For the first two and a half weeks of school I went to class all day, every day from 8-5, and then had homework, papers and projects in all four classes every night. I rarely went to bed before 2:00am, and sometimes later. It was very taxing on me, but it is over! I made it! So I began my first student teaching rotation Monday. I am in a pre-K class for the first six weeks and will be in a fourth-grade class the second six weeks. If you want to hear about it, give me a call and I will tell you about it. :-) It is going well, there are lots of challenges, and lots to learn, but I am excited about the teaching I will begin next week. I have applied to one school district, but they have not yet started hiring, and I am in the process of applying to three others (all in the Fayetteville area). I really hope to get a position in Springdale (the one I've already applied to), but I am mostly just wanting to know I have a job before we move up there. :-)
Jace is doing really well. We have had some monumental breakthroughs in communication - he has learned "wait," and we have been able to have some exchanges in which he can tell me what he wants and I understand, so that has been great. He's also quite the little singer and dancer - he LOVES music!
Well, I am fading. :-) It is just past 6:00 pm, but I am already falling asleep, so I think I'm going to cuddle with Jace and let him watch a movie on the couch. I am sure there are a lot of things I'm forgetting to say, but I'll add them as I think of them. We love and miss you all!
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