Today I finished my first day at induction. Leaving my grandparents was tough, but I was able to snap a picture before I left It was just lovely! I got here at 1pm (move in was 10-2p) with plenty of time to unpack, read the intro materials and relax.They gave us each a goodie…
read more »In just 6 hours I will be leaving my little hometown in MD to go to induction in NC. Should I be sleeping…. yes. But my nerves have gotten the best of me. So tonight I am spending my time on facebook chatting with other 2013 CMs and hanging with my mom and puppy who…
read more »YAYYYYYYY! Words cannot describe how happy I am to be placed. I will be teaching…. MIDDLE school science, not high school as I previously thought, at sampson middle school in NC. I had a skype interview with the superintendent of clinton city schools and the principal of clinton city high; although they loved me there…
read more »Wow its been a while. So last time I wrote I had interviewed during the first round. Unfortunately I wasn’t placed. Not because I wasn’t qualified but because TFA apparently told the principals who wanted to hire me “no”. Instead TFA wants to place me in south eastern NC into a school that has never…
read more »Still working on pre-work. Today I read about Homeboy Industries, a project by a Jesuit priest in LA that for the past 25 years has provided jobs and help for former gang members and prevented other youths from joining gangs. Consisting of a cafe, farmers markets, diner, grocery, bakery, silkscreen/embroidery, educational counseling, tattoo removal, legal…
read more »A bit southeast of where I’ll be teaching is Bertie County. I had an interview there that was unfortunately cancelled, but in my pre-work I came across this fantastic TED video about Emily Pilloton’s Project H, a high school design class there. Watch it and be inspired!
read more »Before a TFA Corps Member becomes a Corps Member, he or she must go to Institute and (hopefully) learn to teach. Before going to Institute, the future CM must complete a packet of pre-work. This is 45 pages that each have 1-10 weblinks on them. Part I is supposed to teach us about “The Causes…
read more »Welcome to my blog, As Water Reflects the Face. The title comes from Proverbs 27:19: As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart. (NIV) I chose that title because every time someone asks me why I chose to do TFA, my answer (other than because they let me in!) is that I…
read more »3 down 1 to go… I had the priveldge of interviewing 3 times already with Nash-Rocky mount early college, bertie early college, and southern vance high. One school rescheduled 3 times, and the other once, but in the end it worked out. If you have had phone interviews you know what they are like, and…
read more »I’ve come to realize I am probably writting this blog for myself, but if there are any followers out there hello!!!! I am currently at work, but figured I would give an update of where I am at with TFA. Got the Praxiss (Praxi?) out of the way and passed the science one with flying…
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