August Already?!

I can't believe it's August 4th already! It seems like summer just started! I guess we had a busy summer with me graduating college and then getting married and our honeymoon... It just went too fast. I had good intentions of getting our spare room painted and our front porch power washed and painted as well. Oh well! I'm far to busy now to work on house stuff. From here on out its all about the classroom.
I found out yesterday that my first day is August 16th. I have to be there all day for new teacher orientation aka meetings. August 17th is teacher's institute and "Back to school night!" YIKES!
I'm so nervous about back to school night. I've never done this before, and I'm supposed to talk to the parents and tell them what my year will look like... hmmm. I also found out that the other Kindergarten teacher is new to Kindergarten this year. She's moving from second down to K. I'm hoping we get along well, I know she's 3 years older than me so that will be fun!

The kids first day is a half day on August 18th. I've been thinking about what we will do on that first day... read books, take a tour, play a game, color.. probably all of the above.

I'm heading in to the school today to sign my contract and look at my classroom! I have all next week to set it up, I hope I can get everything bought and hung in one week! Its crazy how your life can change in a matter of minutes! I'm so thankful for this job, and can't wait to teach my first year of Kindergarten!

Faith

"If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.  But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.  That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord;  he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does." James 1:5-8

 

Well, I haven't updated on the job search lately but let me tell you, there have been some changes! 2 weeks ago I got a call from Windsor Elementary asking me to come in for an interview. I was so excited about this interview! There were 10 interviews and she was going to call 5 back for second interviews. The day after my interview I got a call for a second! I was soo soo excited! This interview was a little different than most. I had to prepare a 15-20 minute mini lesson on reading/writing for an imaginary kindergarten class.

 

So, with the help of some awesome teacher friends, I got my lesson all set up! I knew it was going to have to be over the top if I wanted to stand out, and it was! I had the kids singing, dancing, writing, reading, etc! It went so well! However, I was a little discouraged because right before my interview a lady walked into the office and said are you here for an interview? I said yes. She said oh ok I'm looking for Misty. I said Misty who? She goes, oh that was my aide from last year, she must be in her interveiw now. My heart sunk. I quickly went form believing I had to job, to being so discouraged that I wasn't going to get it :(

I still went into my interview with a good attitude knowing that anything was possible. When I left on my drive home Satan started putting bad thoughts into my head about not getting it. I was thinking how in the world could I get hired over someone who was an aide for a whole year in this school? I quickly changed my attitude and started thanking God for my interview. I decided I wasn't going to let Satan put doubt into my head anymore! I looked up scriptures on doubt and faith and came across James 1:5-8. As I was in the middle of reading this, my phone rang. NO JOKE! It was the principal at Windsor offering me the kindergarten job! I COULDNT BE MORE EXCITED! There are so many questions I should have asked but I was just so excited I didn't get any of them out! :)

 

God is so good and he knows the desires of our hearts!