Well, I got the 4th grade part-time job I interviewed for! I found out on July 22nd but thought I would wait to write about it till I knew more. It is now August 4th and I know just as much as I did to start with, very little. It is a job share position which means I will be teaching mornings and the other teacher will be teaching afternoons. I still don't know what subjects I will be teaching but I should find out any day now.
I was very excited when I found out. It is really hard to get into Salem-Keizer school district and now I have my foot in the door. Unfortunately, the excitement quickly turned into other emotions when it finally dawned on me that this would mean Erik and I would only see each other on weekends. We are trying to think about all the positives instead of the negatives. For example, we can still see/talk to each other through skype, elementary schools have lots of days off and holidays, we can get all of our work done during the week and have weekends completely free, I can go to the gym at whatever time I want and have tofu for dinner :)
I am trying to go back to being excited but I can't help feeling nervous too. I am so used to first graders and fourth graders seem so much older and I have no experience with them! I am looking forward for in-service so that I can meet the other teachers at the school and see what my room looks like. Luckily, I have subbed at the school so I know a little bit about the layout and where things are. I really wish that I had a full time permanent job, but at the same time this is a good way to ease into teaching and it will provide me with great experience to get a permanent job next year. I will be on contract, have an ID badge and finally feel like a real teacher!
The biggest downside is that my contract only goes until March 9, so if the other teacher wants to teach full time I will not get to finish the year out with my kiddos. I am really hoping she will like me and want me to stay to finish the whole year, if not it will be back to subbing. Only time will tell.
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