This day fired me up a bit. I wasn’t going to write today and instead take a break with the time that everyone else is interviewing with schools, but I wanted to get this out of me and reflect. I’m so glad that I am hired already and also have a place to stay. I…
read more »Induction has been a great time. Lots of talking, listening, discussions, discoveries, and amazing people. I feel reassured that I will be having a large and wide net of support to fall back on at any time in the coming two years. Induction, if not just an opportunity to get settled into the TFA way,…
read more »I was pretty tired last night with the moving into the dorm rooms, going to meetings and figuring out the lay of the land. First, they lost my affidavit for teaching in Philly, so I’m going to have to print one off, sign it and find a notary republic somewhere that’s around here (aka NOT…
read more »Tomorrow is the start of a new chapter of my career. Joining Teach for America allows me to get amazing and unparalleled training in teaching. The newbies won’t be able to take all of it in. I plan on being a sponge and soaking it all in. I’ve taught for ten years at the end…
read more »I spent the last couple days at a Teach Like a Champion training in Albany New York and couldn’t be more inspired, engaged, and motivated than I am right now. As I look forward to next year I will be moving into my fourth year at my placement school and I have never been more…
read more »Through my own lack of know, I realized several weeks ago that I needed to complete 2 classroom visits/observations. I quickly contacted my TFA contact in Baltimore and asked for the names of science education science teachers in the area. With school ending, I knew I was down to the wire in terms of completing…
read more »I learned about my acceptance to TFA two weeks before the April Praxis. Silly me decided to give it a go. How hard could it be?! I’ve spent 7 years studying Biology, I’ve got this! HAHAHA. Silly, Rabbit, Praxis is for the studious! Don’t get me wrong – I’m sure I could have aced the…
read more »So this one time I hit a four-foot planter…in a Beetle. Not just any Beetle…Her name is Betty and she is a blue 2007 VW Bug. My dream car and my graduate school graduation present. I received her nearly 3.5 years before I graduated because I was driving a Chevy Blazer that was dying a…
read more »In 2003, I graduated a semester early from college. I packed up my car and headed home where a job waited for me at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Finally! I was on my way to establishing a life long career as a scientist. I would cure cancer! I had the whole world in…
read more »Today, we read The Little Engine That Could. In our version of the story, there are four trains. The Little Blue Engine That Can, the passenger engine, the freight engine, and the rusty old engine. First, the passenger engine and the freight engine come by, and tell the broken down engine that they are too…
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