Well, my blogging has been slow - mostly due to many life changes! I will be saying good-bye to one era and starting another!
I did this two years ago when I left my beloved school of 18 years to a new adventure as principal of another school. It was an adventure and a year of tears, trial, triumph, and growth. After the school could not afford another principal, I returned to my school to teach once more.
This year has had its own challenges - team teaching and working only part time. I've felt a sense of disconnect that I haven't felt in my years of teaching mostly to the fact of not being on campus all week. Sharing a classroom has its own challenges. That's a whole blog in itself.
Then I was approached with the possibility of fulfilling a life-long passion - to work at the college level. After having just finished my M.Ed., I was offered an educational technologist position at a local university. I've wanted to work in teacher education at the college level for years and so I have decided to embark on yet another adventure.
Currently I am working 2 days a week at the university and finishing out the school year with my classroom the other 3 days. I am excited to embark on this new venture and am excited to be able to adjunct teach at the university on top of my regular responsibilities.
The hardest part will be working 8-5. I realized - I've never done this! I'm so use to getting off work at 3:30 and enjoying my summers off. I know this will be a hard adjustment. (a very hard adjustment!) I love my summers off. I am hoping that perhaps this position will work an 11 month contract instead of 12 month - it's a possibility.
Change is always scary. It's hard to move yet again from a school that I love to the unknown. I fear having another year of trials. But I know that God did not give me a spirit of fear and that I just need to trust in His plan.
For now I have 2 more months of elementary teaching. I am guessing that this time I will not return to it. And - I am okay with that, for now at least! I'm excited to move on. :)
I did this two years ago when I left my beloved school of 18 years to a new adventure as principal of another school. It was an adventure and a year of tears, trial, triumph, and growth. After the school could not afford another principal, I returned to my school to teach once more.
This year has had its own challenges - team teaching and working only part time. I've felt a sense of disconnect that I haven't felt in my years of teaching mostly to the fact of not being on campus all week. Sharing a classroom has its own challenges. That's a whole blog in itself.
Then I was approached with the possibility of fulfilling a life-long passion - to work at the college level. After having just finished my M.Ed., I was offered an educational technologist position at a local university. I've wanted to work in teacher education at the college level for years and so I have decided to embark on yet another adventure.
Currently I am working 2 days a week at the university and finishing out the school year with my classroom the other 3 days. I am excited to embark on this new venture and am excited to be able to adjunct teach at the university on top of my regular responsibilities.
The hardest part will be working 8-5. I realized - I've never done this! I'm so use to getting off work at 3:30 and enjoying my summers off. I know this will be a hard adjustment. (a very hard adjustment!) I love my summers off. I am hoping that perhaps this position will work an 11 month contract instead of 12 month - it's a possibility.
Change is always scary. It's hard to move yet again from a school that I love to the unknown. I fear having another year of trials. But I know that God did not give me a spirit of fear and that I just need to trust in His plan.
For now I have 2 more months of elementary teaching. I am guessing that this time I will not return to it. And - I am okay with that, for now at least! I'm excited to move on. :)
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