Pictures from Saturday night at the Matt Cossa memorial game.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Happy Tax Day!!
Just Kidding....
I thought I would post a note here to let you all know about the teacher job fair I went to on Saturday. It was overwhelming, scary and WONDERFUL all at the same time. Most of you know that I took the test to get my elementary certification last fall and was successful in doing so. Unfortunately, thus far, no school that I have applied to has shown any interest in hiring me, so at 5:30 on Saturday morning ( after 3 1/2 hours of sleep) I got up and headed to the Wake County Public Schools spring teacher job fair, along with about 1300 other teaching hopefuls of all ages. I was surprised when I got there and saw on the list of schools and what they were looking for that there were 2 music positions in the target area I was looking for. I didn't go intending to apply for a music job, but something just told me to "go for it!" (I can hear the Westland band parents screaming it now!!!) So I went to the 1st school and they explained that there must have been a typo, because they didn't have a teaching position available. I was sad, but moved on to the 2nd school's table and they explained that they had already filled that position. I was shocked and asked if I had missed it when it was posted on the WCPSS website and they said no, that they had hired one of their part time teachers for the full-time position. The principal did tell me though, that they had hired their new music teacher away from Smith Elementary School and directed me to go and speak with them. I did, and as if some demon had taken over my body, I walked up to the principal introduced myself and then said, "I'm your new music teacher." What in the world was I thinking?!?!?!
he did give me an interview, which I felt went very well, and then he told me that he was "very interested" and would be calling me w/in 2-3 weeks to set up a formal interview. (the interviews at the job fair are 25 minutes long in a gym full of other people being interviewed, so its really not the best environment to reach a decision and make a job offer.
So--please say a prayer for me that I will be teaching come mid-August, as this is a traditional calendar year job.
I'll keep you all posted.
I thought I would post a note here to let you all know about the teacher job fair I went to on Saturday. It was overwhelming, scary and WONDERFUL all at the same time. Most of you know that I took the test to get my elementary certification last fall and was successful in doing so. Unfortunately, thus far, no school that I have applied to has shown any interest in hiring me, so at 5:30 on Saturday morning ( after 3 1/2 hours of sleep) I got up and headed to the Wake County Public Schools spring teacher job fair, along with about 1300 other teaching hopefuls of all ages. I was surprised when I got there and saw on the list of schools and what they were looking for that there were 2 music positions in the target area I was looking for. I didn't go intending to apply for a music job, but something just told me to "go for it!" (I can hear the Westland band parents screaming it now!!!) So I went to the 1st school and they explained that there must have been a typo, because they didn't have a teaching position available. I was sad, but moved on to the 2nd school's table and they explained that they had already filled that position. I was shocked and asked if I had missed it when it was posted on the WCPSS website and they said no, that they had hired one of their part time teachers for the full-time position. The principal did tell me though, that they had hired their new music teacher away from Smith Elementary School and directed me to go and speak with them. I did, and as if some demon had taken over my body, I walked up to the principal introduced myself and then said, "I'm your new music teacher." What in the world was I thinking?!?!?!
he did give me an interview, which I felt went very well, and then he told me that he was "very interested" and would be calling me w/in 2-3 weeks to set up a formal interview. (the interviews at the job fair are 25 minutes long in a gym full of other people being interviewed, so its really not the best environment to reach a decision and make a job offer.
So--please say a prayer for me that I will be teaching come mid-August, as this is a traditional calendar year job.
I'll keep you all posted.
Monday, April 2, 2007
Happy Birthday, Popi
Well--Dad's b'day was Friday night and he wanted a picture w/all of the kids. We decided to re-arrange them and put Justin next to Popi instead of next to Mae-Lei so he started crying for Daddy----then Mae Lei started--and finally Ada Grace---gotta love the crying chorus!
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