stress.
whew. i feel like i've been twirling in a tornado for a week and have just been spit out! goodness.
things have been pretty wild lately. last saturday i went to three job fairs. the first was productive. after an hour and 45 mins in line, i was able to get to the school that i wanted to talk to and get a few minutes with the english teachers. it wasn't much, but hopefully i made some sort of impression. (and no, i wasn't joking when i said that was productive! unfortunately, that is the nature of the beast!) the second was crazy. i didn't stay for long because there were no posted jobs anywhere. i did talk with a department head who said they may have english department jobs next year. she made a little mark on my resume. hopefully it was a good mark. the last job fair was 45 mins away. it was a bit different because they give you interview times instead of just chatting you up. it was my first education interview. i think i did ok. i got passed through to the next round of interviews except my first interview was too late and the second interview people were already gone. argh. i have emailed all of the principals where jobs have been posted. maybe they will check it out. when all was said and done, i had been job-fairing-it from 7am to 4pm. i was exhausted. we'll see if anything comes of it.
this week has been pretty good so far. on tuesday i was about to blow a fuse when i found out that my school supervisor AND the school vice principal over the reading department were BOTH coming to the SAME class to observe ME. holy moly. i was teaching a lesson that i had only done once. needless to say i was in a panic. what a weird feeling. i just went into it deciding i was going to be confident. it turned out pretty well. the kids responded to the lesson and we had a good time with it. my supervisor said she loved what i did with it. the vp had a couple of tips but said i did a good job too. there are no positions open at the school that i'm student teaching with now but there are positions open at one of the other middle schools in the district. the vp offered to send my resume over to the other school personally and said to use him as a reference along with the principal. cool, huh?! i was pretty stoked about that! the district that i'm student teaching with is one of the harder districts to get hired into. if i can just get my foot in that door i would be a lucky girl.
i also have a friend that has really helped me get my name out at another small district close to home. i am heading to their job fair this weekend. i have someone to meet at the fair who is going to introduce me to other teachers that she knows. how cool is that? i can honestly say that i have done everything that i can to get a job for the next school year. i'm not sure if there is anything else i can possibly do!
i went to a paint n' party last night with a bunch of girls that i don't know very well. it was a blast! i had a massive headache when i got home but i decided to take some excedrine migraine and go anyway. i'm so glad i did! it was just what i needed. a little girl talk and something to focus my energy on that wasn't teaching or trying to find a job. i painted a little hippo to put on my first desk in my first classroom :) i love hippos lately for some reason. not sure why. anyway, i'm going to go back sometime to paint something else. it's very relaxing. my little hippo was only $12. neat-o. i think next time i'm going to paint a little reclining dragon that i saw in the window. super cute.
has anyone seen the new hbo show eastbound and down? it makes me laugh hysterically whenever i see it. just thought i would share. oh! and, bravo is going to have a real housewives of new jersey, HA! awesomeness.
hmmm...i'm sure there is a ton more to relate. unfortunately for those of you reading this, i am consumed with trying to find a job at the moment so can concentrate on little else!
things have been pretty wild lately. last saturday i went to three job fairs. the first was productive. after an hour and 45 mins in line, i was able to get to the school that i wanted to talk to and get a few minutes with the english teachers. it wasn't much, but hopefully i made some sort of impression. (and no, i wasn't joking when i said that was productive! unfortunately, that is the nature of the beast!) the second was crazy. i didn't stay for long because there were no posted jobs anywhere. i did talk with a department head who said they may have english department jobs next year. she made a little mark on my resume. hopefully it was a good mark. the last job fair was 45 mins away. it was a bit different because they give you interview times instead of just chatting you up. it was my first education interview. i think i did ok. i got passed through to the next round of interviews except my first interview was too late and the second interview people were already gone. argh. i have emailed all of the principals where jobs have been posted. maybe they will check it out. when all was said and done, i had been job-fairing-it from 7am to 4pm. i was exhausted. we'll see if anything comes of it.
this week has been pretty good so far. on tuesday i was about to blow a fuse when i found out that my school supervisor AND the school vice principal over the reading department were BOTH coming to the SAME class to observe ME. holy moly. i was teaching a lesson that i had only done once. needless to say i was in a panic. what a weird feeling. i just went into it deciding i was going to be confident. it turned out pretty well. the kids responded to the lesson and we had a good time with it. my supervisor said she loved what i did with it. the vp had a couple of tips but said i did a good job too. there are no positions open at the school that i'm student teaching with now but there are positions open at one of the other middle schools in the district. the vp offered to send my resume over to the other school personally and said to use him as a reference along with the principal. cool, huh?! i was pretty stoked about that! the district that i'm student teaching with is one of the harder districts to get hired into. if i can just get my foot in that door i would be a lucky girl.
i also have a friend that has really helped me get my name out at another small district close to home. i am heading to their job fair this weekend. i have someone to meet at the fair who is going to introduce me to other teachers that she knows. how cool is that? i can honestly say that i have done everything that i can to get a job for the next school year. i'm not sure if there is anything else i can possibly do!
i went to a paint n' party last night with a bunch of girls that i don't know very well. it was a blast! i had a massive headache when i got home but i decided to take some excedrine migraine and go anyway. i'm so glad i did! it was just what i needed. a little girl talk and something to focus my energy on that wasn't teaching or trying to find a job. i painted a little hippo to put on my first desk in my first classroom :) i love hippos lately for some reason. not sure why. anyway, i'm going to go back sometime to paint something else. it's very relaxing. my little hippo was only $12. neat-o. i think next time i'm going to paint a little reclining dragon that i saw in the window. super cute.
has anyone seen the new hbo show eastbound and down? it makes me laugh hysterically whenever i see it. just thought i would share. oh! and, bravo is going to have a real housewives of new jersey, HA! awesomeness.
hmmm...i'm sure there is a ton more to relate. unfortunately for those of you reading this, i am consumed with trying to find a job at the moment so can concentrate on little else!