Good News!

I'm beginning today with both good news...and with BETTER news! :)

Good News: I just graduated this weekend with my Masters degree in Early Childhood Education (PreK-3) and Special Education (K-12)... which means that I am now certified to teach!! I am so ready to be in a classroom of my very own! While I am still waiting for my Early Childhood license, my Intervention Specialist license was completed through an alternative licensure path...which meant that I was able to get a head start on looking for jobs...

Better News: I HAVE A JOB! (PTL!) I was worried that I would have a very difficult time finding a job in the middle of the school year, and was preparing myself for day-to-day subbing. It seems, though, that the universe had bigger plans, and after only two interviews, I was beyond blessed to be offered a position as an intervention specialist at an elementary school for the remainder of the 2014-2015 school year! I am outrageously excited and ready to begin this next step in my journey!

However... this means that I need to get it in gear and prep for this new job! Between the end of my student teaching and graduation, I've had about 5 days to begin to collect resources, follow blogs, and Pinterest. Tomorrow, I get to meet the interventionist that I'll be replacing (she's retiring at the end of December), shadow her for a few days before the end of the semester, see my new room, and, most importantly, meet my new kiddos!

For the rest of today, I'm going to be building a collection of blogs to follow and gathering more ideas to help me along this journey. It's time - I'm finally a 'real' teacher! :)

-TYHO