It was late April 2011. I had just completed my internship and I was celebrating, as every newly licensed teacher should. I had a long summer full of graduate classes ahead of me: the last of my graduate program. Honestly, I was looking forward to a wedding in late May and a honeymoon to follow. Life was good; I had everything I had ever wanted. Everything, that is, except for a job. I Continue Reading
Post grammatic stress disorder (finding work in education after student-teaching) part III (TTT)
If you missed part I or part II of post-grammatic stress disorder (finding work in education after student-teaching) you can find all parts of this series here. Have you ever attempted to run as fast as you can in a set of four-inch heels? I have; a gal will do anything for a job. No, no, no. Not that kind of job. I'm talking about a job in education. So there I was, in the dead Continue Reading
Post-grammatic stress disorder (Finding work in education after student-teaching) Part II (TTT)
If you missed part I of finding work in education after student teaching, you can find that post here. Part II: Look good on paper. I was in the throws of my graduate program: drowning in reading assignments, neck-deep in papers to grade, and attempting to write my own papers. I was really looking forward to a day of meeting professionals in the field. My graduate program had arranged for Continue Reading
Post-grammatic stress disorder (Finding work in education after student-teaching) (TTT)
So, you've just been placed in your fall internship. If you're like me, you're hovering somewhere between excitement and "oh-my-gosh-what-did-I-get-myself-into?" I remember walking into McNair High School that September morning, my stomach vibrating with nerves. I saw some students walking swiftly through the hallway to class and I marched right into the front office. I smiled at them Continue Reading