Another year

I moved here in 1999. I remember telling a former principal that I probably wouldn't make it to 5 years of teaching. At the time I wasn't convinced that this was the profession for me. Now it's 2009 and I am 4 days away from completing my 10th year! Where has the time gone?! I am working on two different adventures. I am continuing my education in Library Sciences, as you already know by reading my posts, and I am going to be teaching kindergarten next year. That is, if I don't receive a position as a librarian. My degree is in Early Childhood Education and I have been hinting for years that I would like to move down, and how here is my chance. I'm excited to be molding young children into lifelong learners. I am looking forward to seeing lights come on daily! That is the whole reason I went into teaching in the first place. I love to see children light up when they learn something new and tell everyone about it. I want my parents next year to come up to me and say that their children are so excited to come to school each day. I never want a child to go home and say "nothing" when asked what they learned in school that day.
Our science scores were lower than expected this year and so the focus is going down as low as kindergarten. I am going to be in charge of writing the science lesson plans, so I am already looking for suppimentary activities to help advance our students.

Excited!

I am SO excited!!! I have been given the opportunity to interview for my first librarian position! I'm nervous since I have only had 3 classes under my belt, but I am also excited to be starting the next phase of my career. This position is opening up after the Christmas break, so I would have to sacrifice losing an amazing group of second graders. They make me think, smile, and laugh every day! I worry about how the rest of their school year would go. Will they get an amazing teacher that will push them beyond what they are capable of, or will they get some "shmoe" off the street that will allow their behavior, which I have worked so hard to get under control, to go right out the window? I worry about them and want the best for them! Ultimately though, I need to look out for myself and what is in my best interest to be happy and changing schools and districts may be what I need to do right now.

To my parents

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This wordle was written to thank my parents for their love and support as I begin my journey towards my Masters.

Can't stay away

I started this whole process July 15,2008 and now less than a month later I have completed 22 postings. Even though I had to do this activity for a grade I am so glad that I had the opportunity to do it. Now that we have permission to take parts of 23 things back to our campuses, I would like to talk to my principal about doing a workshop with our staff. Maybe I will start them out with something small like a wiki. My hope is that our librarian will help me with setting it all up and getting it started.
I couldn't stay away today, so now that I have my "blog fix" I can move on! Have an outstanding day!

thing 23!

I have used this adjective many times throughout this process, but this has been AMAZING!!! I am so excited about all of the new things that I have learned! I can't wait to go back to my school and share it ALL with the rest of the staff and my students! I highly recommend going through the 23 Things...although completing it in 4 weeks is taxing!!! Web 2.0 has amazing (there I go again) tools to use in the classroom and in the library.
Feel free to check back to my blog from time to time. I plan on posting some of the dare I say...amazing...activities that we have done in the classroom.

Thing 22

I have always been one to join social networks like MySpace, FaceBook, Yearbook, etc. but I had never joined any networks that involve people in my field. What's wrong with me?! I have now joined TeacherLingo which will give me more resources when it comes to lesson plans, ideas for activities and it will offer me a place to vent my concerns. Not that I EVER have any :)
What a great way to talk with people all over the world and be able to see what they go through on a daily basis. I have also decided that when I DO become a librarian, I am going to join Texas School Librarians. I found tons of information there that will help me out as a first year librarian!

My first video Thing 21

This video shows a small portion of Mr.&Mrs. Chief's honeymoon/anniversary cruise. This is just one of many "perfect moments" we have shared. I hope that you enjoy it!
831 Chief!