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Teaching for America in Greater New Orleans
Oh hey. So a lot has happened since April.
1. Induction.
2. Institute.
3. Placement Change.
4. Round Zero.
5. Actually teaching.
1. Induction.
Bundles of fun.
2. Institute.
Oh how I love for the days of institute. Please take me back there. Please. I want my 3rd graders and the feeling that I have friends and a life back.
3. Placement Change
Yes, my placement didn’t just change a little…it changed exponentially. I was placed as Elementary SpEd…The last week of institute I got a job teaching HIGH SCHOOL FRENCH AND SPANISH. Yes, you read that right. French AND Spanish. Please note…I BARELY even speak Spanish.
4. Round Zero
During Round Zero I was the only 2010 CM placed in foreign language in GNO, and 1 of 2 GNO CMs placed in Foreign Language at ALL. Yes out of our huge corps, 2 of us taught FL. So I basically had little to no support and spent most of the time being…
Last week I saw New Orleans for the first time. I took an extra long spring break so after spending a few days in Connecticut visiting a friend, and a crazy day of traveling (5 states, 4 flights, 1 day), I made it to my future home. I stayed with a wonderful 2008 CM and…
read more »Praxis II = Success! I passed with flying colors! Apparently I did not need to worry so much even though I am a terrible scantron test taker and did not study very intensely. I got a perfect score on the math portion, which I anticipated, and well above average on the others. My score also…
read more »Saturday, I took the Praxis II: Elementary Education Content exam. I was a bit stressed about it because I had already booked a trip to Florida for the week before it before I knew about the exam. So I knew I had to study in Florida. Then on Thursday, my flight back to Wisconsin was…
read more »I never thought the day would come. The day when I have my own TeachFor.Us blog. I figure since I thrived off of these blogs during my application process and horrible anticipatory waiting time, I would definitely start one. It most likely will not be updated often, seeing as I will not be teaching for…
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