Celebrate

I got my Praxis scores in the mail today and I actually passed! I'll officially be a licensed teacher in the fall. Now if I could just be a licensed teacher with a job I'd be all set.

Help me celebrate, Bender.

Zzz

Today was a bit of a snore. I had to go to a training workshop as part of my new teacher orientation. Basically just people reading from a very dry script for seven hours. I understand that they wanted us to have the information and all, but couldn't they have just given us the written packets and trusted us to read them on our own? We are supposed to be adults after all? Teachers no less.

Oh well, at least I get paid for my time.

So, then I get home and get a taste for fried chicken for dinner, so I walk down the street to the local KFC. They were out of chicken! Sure, they were cooking up more, but I was going to have to sit around and wait ten to fifteen minutes. How does a Kentucky Fried Chicken run out of chicken? It's what they do...It's even in their name! Shouldn't they always have some ready?

Orientation

I've begun my new teacher orientation. It continues for the next couple of weeks and then I start teaching on September 4th. I am both very excited to begin my teaching career and very nervous, being a first time teacher. I got my school assignment yesterday; I'll be teaching at Harney Elementary School. I still don't know what grade yet, but I look forward to getting out to my new school and making my classroom my own. In the meantime I've settled into my new apartment (and am very glad to be out of that dorm room, ugh!).

Anyway, stay tuned to see if I crash and burn as a teacher, or if everything turns out to be great.

Back to School

Today was my second day of classes in my teaching program here at UNO (the first class was Friday). I haven't been out of school that long, but I had forgotten how much work it could be. Oh well, given that I'm training to be a teacher, I'll have plenty of opportunities to share the pain with my future students.

Today we got our first homework assignment (which I'm procrastinating rather than doing right now). There's about four chapters worth of reading and a written assignment. I have to create a set of classroom rules as well as a system of rewards and consequences to go along with it. Sounds simple, but it's actually pretty tough (hence the procrastination). It's a good assignment though; definitely a good thing to think about before I run a classroom of my own.