And she's back in the game!

I am so happy to announce that I am rejoining the ranks of "real" teachers as the new support services teacher for my school! WOO HOO! It took a lot of patience to wait for their decision, but I am in! I will start the Monday after our fall break, which is the first Monday in November.

I am hoping to meet with the special services team this week to go over scheduling and job details so that I can prepare next week during my time off. It is a .75 position, so I will do 21 lessons a week instead of 28 which is what full time staff members do. That works out to about 4 45-minute blocks a day with some prep time (hopefully!) as well.

I am so excited to start this position because it just feels like it is meant to be both because it is a new challenge, yet something I know I will be good at. I am sure it will take some getting used to, but I am really looking forward to having the opportunity to work with older students. I think the most difficult part is starting a new position over a month into the school year because I missed out on all the new teacher orientation stuff and will still have to learn the ropes of being a teacher at the school while learning the new position at the same time. Being a TA is very different, so there is still a lot about the school and staff I have yet to learn.

Thanks for all of your kind, supportive words of encouragement as I waited and waited and waited to hear about this job! I really appreciate all the kind thoughts and confidence in my skills as a teacher based on my writing/stories on this blog. You guys rock!