New Yellow Brick Road
Hello everyone! I think I called everyone that is on this journal thingy about my new news! (well, sorry Simon, hehe) I got a job with Baltimore County Schools in a 4th grade classroom!! These students are supposedly "gifted and talented" which could just mean "above average" kids. But... that could be easier... but it could be just as much work. When I first recieved the call yesterday, I was in total shock and very excited. Today, I was just doing some errands for BCPS. Now, I'm a little nervous. Luckily, I am able to observe/help out the teacher next week to see how things go in the classroom. I KNOW there are going to be lots of wonderful late nights and with me still working on things. I'm just hoping that the teacher that is leaving will be super-uper helpful and very giving. The commute is going to SUCK majorly and I'll probably get so stressed out... but, I asked God to guide me in the right path and he absolutely did it. The sub job that I applied for in December is STILL up in the air (they are still making a decision!) and I just so conviently got a kick in the butt the day Hawthorne ES called me. (My mom gave me a little reality check that morning.) I just hope things will work out ok. I know that in the end, everything will be ok. I can get an apartment (sometime) and be closer to the school. The first year is going to suck, of course, because I'm new to this whole thing.
There are going to be some big changes. I like changes but I don't like feeling unsure about it. No school is perfect, but thankfully in this school they have loads of support services (like 2 Mentor teachers for classroom teachers that have under 5 years of experience) and a principal that is a very nice Towson professor and understands coming in mid-year (b/c she did it).
I feel that I should be preparing like mad, but I just kinda want to just...chill. Plus, I have no idea what their level is and their abilities.
sigh... Dorothy didn't know what where the yellow brick road will go, but she turned out ok. I have a feeling that my yellow brick road will be ok in the end... but I will probably meet with a lot of challenges (like the witch) throughout the journey. But... that is life.
There are going to be some big changes. I like changes but I don't like feeling unsure about it. No school is perfect, but thankfully in this school they have loads of support services (like 2 Mentor teachers for classroom teachers that have under 5 years of experience) and a principal that is a very nice Towson professor and understands coming in mid-year (b/c she did it).
I feel that I should be preparing like mad, but I just kinda want to just...chill. Plus, I have no idea what their level is and their abilities.
sigh... Dorothy didn't know what where the yellow brick road will go, but she turned out ok. I have a feeling that my yellow brick road will be ok in the end... but I will probably meet with a lot of challenges (like the witch) throughout the journey. But... that is life.