Just received an email from the teacher I'll be co-teaching with. She seems very sweet and outgoing. She wants to get dinner and/or drinks the week of PD. Sounds like my kinda lady! haha. So there are 10 or so new hires according to the email we got from the VP and I was officially given the third grade spot. There's another new 3rd grade teacher, 1 first, 2 seconds, fourths and fifths, so its a large group of newbies! That makes me a wee bit less nervous since I won't be the only new one. Our homework for New Hire Orientation is to read an excerpt from a Guided Reading Guide and an Assessment guide by Fountas and Pinnell. Luckily I know a bit/lot about those programs so it'll be review. I want to go in there feeling (more than) competent and confident in my abilities!
I've also been going through the ringer to get my NYS teaching certification through interstate reciprocity. A gazillion online forms, more trips to the Post Office than I've ever taken in my life, lots of money of course, a few dozen phone calls and a trip to get fingerprinted and I think I'm finally done. Just waiting to be evaluated. If I get this license I'll have two years to take the NYS tests, which I'll probably sign up to take for Summer 2013, get it over with.
Okay I'll stop my procrastinating and continue my reading..and or end up on Pinterest.
~Ashley
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