This week was my first week. I went pretty well.
I had been volunteering a lot and one day I just decided to stop in at the office and ask if they had any job openings...I got a job that day! It's a blessing since Mike is still looking. I won't make that much and won't have a ton of hours, but it will be something, and getting paid to do what I was doing when I volunteered can't be a bad idea. Another bonus is that I'll actually be with Isaac and Anna even more.
I'm excited for this new opportunity, I know I will learn a lot.
I'm also really happy because when they first hired me I was told that I'd be working with the 3rd grade. Not a big deal, but I don't know any of those teachers and don't have a kid in that grade. I was super happy on my first day when I walked in the doors and ran into Nicole Sperry (one of the 6th grade teachers and Anna's 3rd grade teacher from last year) and she told me that they requested me in the 6th grade and so that's where I will be!
I'm also really happy because when they first hired me I was told that I'd be working with the 3rd grade. Not a big deal, but I don't know any of those teachers and don't have a kid in that grade. I was super happy on my first day when I walked in the doors and ran into Nicole Sperry (one of the 6th grade teachers and Anna's 3rd grade teacher from last year) and she told me that they requested me in the 6th grade and so that's where I will be!
So I will mostly work with the 6th grade, but 3 times a week I will also be in charge of teaching what they call Hawk Time. It's when the kids are given choices of several different classes they can go to. They go to the same class for the 3 days in that week and then choose something different the next week, so you teach the same hawk time all month, just to 3 different groups of kids. The hard part is that I will have to come up with what I want to teach during hawk time. I think I might rope Mike into coming and doing a Chinese one that I can help him with.
Anyway, I'm sure that this will change the dynamic of things in our lives for a little while, but I think it will be good and hey, my commute is the best ever...I just walk across the street :)
