In early July, by the grace of God and through the power of prayer, I was hired as a second-grade teacher at a private school. Today I called the Educational Director of the school to find out when I was to go in for training. She told me that my position was on hold due to their low enrollment and that she would contact me later with an update. The whole day my nerves were on end. I walked around with my cell phone in my hand anticipating her call. I spent the day job huting online and researching more about the hiring freeze the county's public school system had placed for the upcoming school year.
This evening she called and told me to come in tomorrow to set up my classroom and go over paperwork. Words cannot express how I felt at that moment. I graduated December 2008 and worked as a substitute with the public school system (more about that later). My summer was spent babysitting for what was less than minimum wage, but a job none-the-less. Reality was sinking in. I finally had a permanent, full-time job with benefits!
I went to Borders and bought the book, "First-Year Teacher's Survival Kit" by Julia G. Thompson.
In the first chapter, Thompson encourages readers to keep a journal because it can help you stay organized and grow professionally. I decided to start this blog as a record of my thoughts and experiences. I don't know who's reading this and if they find it the least bit interesting, but I'm sharing this with whoever is willing to read it.
And so it begins.
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