Moving on to bigger and better..!???

So, as some of you know I have been presented with a surprising and exciting opportunity! The Director/Principal of our school accepted a new job with a large public high school in North Dallas and he nominated me to take his position! I interviewed with our district superintendent, who passed my resume along to corporate. After a grueling 3-day "open interview" process with our CEO, COO, CAO, etc... they informed me that not only did I survive, but that they thought I have what it takes to take over this very important job!

Needless to say I am very nervous, but getting to know everyone at the corporate office better definitely re-lit my fire and passion for changing the world one student.. or now, one school.. at a time. I am so honored that they think after only a year of teaching, I am ready to conquer this job. I know that it will bring lots of challenges, frustrations, and probably a few tears, but it is an amazing opportunity for someone my age and I am ready to jump on board and get started.

I'm sure that I will learn a lot about administration and managing people, and thus a lot about myself this year. I believe that this door opened for me for a reason though, so I can't wait to see what other opportunities present themselves from this.

Stay tuned to see how well I survive!

The countdown is on...

So, obviously my idea of being able to write daily (or even monthly) this year has completely failed. Apparently teaching is a lot of work.

A lot has changed since I last wrote...

I moved to third grade in January. It was supposed to be a temporary thing, but when the students began making more improvement, they asked me to stay there for the rest of the year. THe behavior problems in this class are unbelievably difficult. It is amazing to me the things that I have heard and seen from a group of 8 and 9 year-olds. It has been really challenging, but I am learning to love each one of them for who they are.

I have also been doing the job of testing coordinator, which means I have been in charge of ordering, monitoring, collecting, and mailing all the state tests for our school. It is has been a lot of extra work, and really stressful at time, but I have learned a LOT about the administrative side of education.

There are only 11 days left in the school year and I am SOOOO ready for summer! I never understood why teachers needed summer so much, but I can definitely understand now! And the students are in complete summer-mode as well, which makes every day an even bigger test of my patience than usual.

I am not sure what the future holds. There are some potential big changes on the horizons, but I won't know anything for the next few weeks. I will try to write more once school is out and tell more about the details of the rest of the year, as well as keep you updated on what the future has in store for me!

Thanks for all of your love and support throughout my first year of teaching!!