I think some serious apologies are in order. The end of my school year was absolutely lovely but completely overwhelming. There are so many updates because I have completely slacked in writing a new blog post. Major updates include:
1. I finished my student teaching placement and missed all of my students and cooperating teachers moments after I left the building for the last time
2. I graduated college
3. I was offered a full-time teaching position for the 2014-2015 school year as a special education teacher
In reality, I was offered my teaching position the day before my graduation, so it was the best graduation gift I could have asked for. The past few weeks have been a time of celebration, relaxation, and reflection.
I am a completely different educator from where I was just one year ago. I remember sitting in one of my education classes, thinking, “I need to go to grad school.. for something else. I don’t think I want to teach. Can I really do this?” It was a time of complete identity crisis. Teaching was a profession that I had spent all of my life wanting to enter. It was what I told people I wanted to be since I was in second grade. I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. Now just months before I graduate college I’m going to change my mind!? All of those worries and fears washed away when I began student teaching. No longer was I sitting in the back of the classroom listening to my professors lecture, now I was in front of the classroom. I was the one (usually) leading the conversation. Seeing my students every day and having them share their accomplishments with me solidified that the past four years of college weren’t a waste. I was in the the right field. I was going to be a teacher, and a great one at that.
I think out of everything in my undergraduate college career, I am most proud of the incredible relationships I have built with my peers, classmates, and future teachers. I am so proud to call these people my friends. I know I would not be where I am today if it weren't for these amazing individuals.
Their dedication to the field of education and their students amazes me. I am not shocked by it, though. I have known since our first education class sophomore year that each of these students would become outstanding teachers. For some, they have been fortunate to receive full-time teaching offers for the upcoming school year like me. Some are already working full-time for the remainder of this school year as maternity-leave replacements, education assistants, and substitute teachers on a daily basis. I am so proud of all of their accomplishments and I have no doubt that they will continue to succeed since leaving our college campus.
We are dedicated, motivated, and inspired. We are inspiring. We are teachers.
@LetsLearnMoore @MsMarano @MsSiegelReads @MissTrautwein @MissDenko
I can barely put into words how proud I am of all of you. Congratulations Class of 2014.
1. I finished my student teaching placement and missed all of my students and cooperating teachers moments after I left the building for the last time
2. I graduated college
3. I was offered a full-time teaching position for the 2014-2015 school year as a special education teacher
In reality, I was offered my teaching position the day before my graduation, so it was the best graduation gift I could have asked for. The past few weeks have been a time of celebration, relaxation, and reflection.
I am a completely different educator from where I was just one year ago. I remember sitting in one of my education classes, thinking, “I need to go to grad school.. for something else. I don’t think I want to teach. Can I really do this?” It was a time of complete identity crisis. Teaching was a profession that I had spent all of my life wanting to enter. It was what I told people I wanted to be since I was in second grade. I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. Now just months before I graduate college I’m going to change my mind!? All of those worries and fears washed away when I began student teaching. No longer was I sitting in the back of the classroom listening to my professors lecture, now I was in front of the classroom. I was the one (usually) leading the conversation. Seeing my students every day and having them share their accomplishments with me solidified that the past four years of college weren’t a waste. I was in the the right field. I was going to be a teacher, and a great one at that.
I think out of everything in my undergraduate college career, I am most proud of the incredible relationships I have built with my peers, classmates, and future teachers. I am so proud to call these people my friends. I know I would not be where I am today if it weren't for these amazing individuals.
Their dedication to the field of education and their students amazes me. I am not shocked by it, though. I have known since our first education class sophomore year that each of these students would become outstanding teachers. For some, they have been fortunate to receive full-time teaching offers for the upcoming school year like me. Some are already working full-time for the remainder of this school year as maternity-leave replacements, education assistants, and substitute teachers on a daily basis. I am so proud of all of their accomplishments and I have no doubt that they will continue to succeed since leaving our college campus.
We are dedicated, motivated, and inspired. We are inspiring. We are teachers.
@LetsLearnMoore @MsMarano @MsSiegelReads @MissTrautwein @MissDenko
I can barely put into words how proud I am of all of you. Congratulations Class of 2014.
