Music, PE, and a Math teacher

I've been a busy little Jack-of-all-trades. :) Last week I was at an elementary school as a PE and music teacher. Today I was a math teacher in Middle school. The best thing about today was that I got to teach the same lesson all day! :) That makes it a little easier. This is kind of fun. I don't have to deal with any politics. Which I needed a break from.

Speaking of politics, I guess I'm going to take the language arts math competency assessments. That way I'll be covered, unless some day I need to teach science or social studies. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. But I want to be highly qualified by next year. I don't want to spend another year subbing. I want my own classroom.

Subbed in a kindergarten class today

I love kindergarten. Well, I love preschool even more. The kids are so squirlly this time of year. You can tell the kids who went to preschool and those who didn't. The kids who went to preschool can sit, and those who didn't usually can't sit still for any period of time.

I did have fun reading stories to them and singing with them. It was fun, and only for half the day! I love subbing for 1/2 the day. Helped me get out of the house, but I didn't have to work all day. :)

A chance for many stories

I have a chance to post many new stories on here, because this year I am going to sub. :) All the fun of teaching with little politics and planning. :) It will be an adventure. I might also be able to help with testing, which I love to do. So all is not lost. I will miss having my own classroom, but this is how it is this year. And if I find a Bible study that I want to do, I can always have that day off. :)

No subbing either?

At least I haven't gotten a call from the sub office that I'm going to be subbing. God must really, really want me to be a stay at home mom this year. Good thing Joe took care of things so I can do that. I never dreamed that I would be a unemployed Special Ed Teacher. Interesting, to say the least.

No job yet

No job yet for me. I'd better get the paperwork filled out for subbing. As of right now I'm waging a full time war against ants in my house. They moved in when we moved in last week. GGGRRRR!!!

Finished My Master's Thesis!

Wahoo! It sure feels good to have it done. I wanted to see if there was a link between students who struggle with reading and students who have speech difficulties. The literature supported this, but my limited research did not. I think if I would have done my research in my last school district, I would have gotten better results because they keep special services data in the cum file, whereas my school district I just left didn't. So I didn't know who had been in speech but had been exited. That would have been nice to know.

Anyhow, I'm so glad to have that off of my shoulders. I feel so much better. Now I am on to pack and get the girls ready for a new school year. I might just have to tutor this coming school year, as I haven't found a job yet. Oregon is taking forever issuing me a teaching certificate, so I think that is why I haven't been offered a job yet. I guess I could always get a job after the school year starts and they know what numbers will be in each school. It is kind of hard to tell how many special education students you will have when the numbers change over the summer.

UPDATE: I just got an e-mail from the OR DOE that my certificate is on the way. That is a huge load off my shoulders! I really wanted to get that before all of the jobs are gone. :)

Still waiting, but...

...I haven't lost hope. I am hoping to hear back soon. Thanks for your prayers. School doesn't start until Sept 8th, so I still have some time. :)

No other school things to write about. My husband is home from Holland. For those of you who don't know, he was there since September. It was a long haul, but we made it. It is soooooooooooooooo good to have him home. :)