Well, hello there, Blogosphere! Since my last post in July school has started and the kids are busy in their classrooms learning while I'm here in the office going crazy and drowning in paperwork lol! At least now that we are 4 weeks in to the new school year I have my bearings and things are getting to be routine again.
I'm okay that Pre-K didn't happen. Wait, don't roll your eyes at me lol! I really am, and its all because of school... I'm really into my classes! I completed my first course (Classroom Management we'll call it) and it felt so good to complete it that I rushed head first into my current class, Educational Psychology. Dragging a bit but it is very interesting!
A typical day for me starts at 5:30am so I can be here at the school to open up and get the day started at 7:30am. Fast-forward to 3:30pm when the kids are gone and the school is silent... except in the Cafeteria where I have my After School Care group of kids Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Alternating Fridays. The other days we have someone that takes over... which frees up my Mondays for our Cares Club which is a club we have for our Middle School kids that gets them involved in the community by fundraising for charities, collecting food, etc. I'm the Staff sponsor I guess it'd be called... I'm really excited about that! Home usually by 7pm, watch TV, do homework, study, etc. then sleep at 9pm.
See?
Mom moved in with us for a while (I'm trying to convince her to stay indefinitly but we'll see how that goes) and Mr. Who has started at his new career which we are so excited about!
Alot of changes, bumps in the road, and just trying to keep on a schedule. Hope everyone is as excited as I am that the kids are back (usually after my third coffee lol) and I am having such a good time taking a peek at everyone's blogs... I especially LOVE the "Before & After" posts for classrooms!
BTW... anyone keeping up with the new Doctor on Doctor Who? LOVE. PETER. CAPALDI. OMG. SHIPPING!
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Monday, July 7, 2014
Nothing More Than Feelings
For every high there is a low.
Sucks, right?
I started my journey back to school this month with Western Governors University for Interdisciplinary Studies (K-8) and am so damn happy to be back in the classroom (even if it is self-paced and totally online)! It allows me to study on my own time, and has definitely helped me manage my time wiser. WGU has not asked me to write a post on them, nor am I advertising for them, I'm honestly just happy to be working towards my goals and without bettering myself through education they won't manifest themselves! I'll post about that whole journey another time...
But right now I'm struggling, guys. All last school year I prepared for a Pre-K4 classroom that was to be mine for this next school year, taking courses on Coursera about classroom management, diversity, Pre-K lessons, etc. I read almost any Pre-K blog I could find to get a glimpse into what my world would be once the 2014-2015 school year started.
But today I got some bad news (cue Bad News Barrett music):
There won't BE a Pre-K4 Classroom this school year.
Chalk it up to our community being more interested in VPK or 4C accepted schools. I was devastated when the final decision was made, even though I knew we hadn't gotten the kind of interest we needed to make it possible. Throughout the entire year my administration kept supportive of me but always cautioned me with the reality that it may not come to fruition... they never gave me false hope, they were always honest with me about the fact that it may or may not happen, that it depended on enrollment. Still, I am bummed.
I know that what I want to happen and what Christ sees that I need in my life may be two different things, so I have to be patient and not get discouraged. I'm trying guys, I am.
Sucks, right?
I started my journey back to school this month with Western Governors University for Interdisciplinary Studies (K-8) and am so damn happy to be back in the classroom (even if it is self-paced and totally online)! It allows me to study on my own time, and has definitely helped me manage my time wiser. WGU has not asked me to write a post on them, nor am I advertising for them, I'm honestly just happy to be working towards my goals and without bettering myself through education they won't manifest themselves! I'll post about that whole journey another time...
But right now I'm struggling, guys. All last school year I prepared for a Pre-K4 classroom that was to be mine for this next school year, taking courses on Coursera about classroom management, diversity, Pre-K lessons, etc. I read almost any Pre-K blog I could find to get a glimpse into what my world would be once the 2014-2015 school year started.
But today I got some bad news (cue Bad News Barrett music):
There won't BE a Pre-K4 Classroom this school year.
Chalk it up to our community being more interested in VPK or 4C accepted schools. I was devastated when the final decision was made, even though I knew we hadn't gotten the kind of interest we needed to make it possible. Throughout the entire year my administration kept supportive of me but always cautioned me with the reality that it may not come to fruition... they never gave me false hope, they were always honest with me about the fact that it may or may not happen, that it depended on enrollment. Still, I am bummed.
I know that what I want to happen and what Christ sees that I need in my life may be two different things, so I have to be patient and not get discouraged. I'm trying guys, I am.
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