Did I mention that I have a job?
Heck yes.
Not a real-life grown-up job, but a long-term sub job. (We're working on the grown-up one...)
I get to teach science to 8th graders!!! Their teacher is sick or something (been out for 2 weeks already... could be gone all year, who knows. Could be gone forever... = possible job?!?!)
Anyways, today was my second day. It is going great so far! I love the kids and they are already begging me to stay and be their teacher from now on. I guess that's a good sign. :-)
I got the job because I subbed at the middle school last week and asked about jobs for next year. They said they didn't have any openings at that moment but were looking for a long term sub and asked me if I had a lot of experience teaching science.
Oh, did I.
I sent in my resume that afternoon after meeting the principal and assistant principal (and it just so happened that I was subbing for the science department head that day... so I met her, too). The next morning, I got a call telling me they wanted me to be the long-term sub! They actually wanted me to start last Wednesday (the day I got the call) but I still had other sub jobs for the rest of the week. So I started yesterday.
It's a new school with great teachers and kids bored out of their minds (well, the class I am taking over anyways)!! Today we made a model of a chunk of land and cut it in half so we could model the three different types of faults. I was absolutely shocked because the kids LOVED it - they told me they had never done anything that fun before!
Are you kidding me? These poor students!!! Apparently their teacher just made them read from the textbook. I wanted to cry when I heard that.
I can't take the credit for the fun activity, though. We have a science specialist in the school who has been planning all their lessons. According to the students and two teachers, they really haven't learnt anything all year and are at risk of failing the TAKS.
I am so glad that God has given me this opportunity. I can't wait to get to know the students better.
Oh and one random thing - after I introduced myself yesterday and told a brief summary of my life story, a student came up to me at the end of class. She told me that she was born in England and lived there until 2 years ago! I asked her where she lived and she said Leicestershire. I about died because NO ONE seems to know about that area! She lived in Oadby, only 3.5 miles from the center of Leicester, where I used to shop and attend church. Her house was about an 18 minute drive from where I used to live.
Imagine that!?!
She had even heard of my junior high/high school.
I wanted to hug her. :-)
It's a small world.
-Katie
2 weeks ago
2 comments:
I am so glad to hear about your long-term sub job. What's the school like? One of the first-year teacher at my school got her job because she was a long term sub the year before. :) So that always helps! I can't begin to tell you how much more subbing prepared me for my own classroom than did student teaching (well, at least my student teaching experience... haha). I can't believe this school year is already winding down. Pretty soon, you'll be getting ready for students of your very own... it's such an exciting time! I miss you like crazy, and I can't wait until our schedules coincide so that we can hang out. :) Have a good day tomorrow, Mrs. Cox!
1. congrats on your long term sub job!!!! awesome!
2. I love that you used the word "learnt"
3. Did you use playdough to demonstrate the faults? We did that last week and the LOVED it.
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