Thursday, April 15, 2010

Teacher fair #3



In my job hunt I have went to 2 teacher fairs so far.

#3 is tomorrow.

lets recap...

#1 was a charter school job fair in Colorado and it was insane. You had to be there at least an hour before to get an interview because you would sign up and come back later...it was strange. Not too much progress there, and one man handed me back my resume and told me I just wasn't going to cut it.

#2 was the Oregon job fair, and possibly the largest job fair I will ever attend. There were literally thousands of teachers all trying to stand out. Here you had to wait in line for interviews which was MUCH more effective and you had much more face time.
= 1 positive interview.

lets predict...
I am anticipating a lot of non-Michigan schools at job fair #3 which I am not really feelin'. There are always a lot of Alaska, Texas, Florida and Arizona recruiters which is not where I am looking for employment. I think the options at this job fair are, Ann Arbor, Detroit and Grand Rapids. But I just don't know how it will work because of all the schools closed all the jobs lost in Michigan, how will this work? My hopes are not high...but I'm going to do my thing, along with my 25 other amazingly talented cohort students and hope I stand out.

Lead Teaching
My kids take the test of the Math unit I have been teaching tomorrow...and let me say, teaching Math and Math in general has not been my forte. I am nervous, I am just hoping hoping hoping that they do well, or I will feel like the biggest student teacher loser.

ALSO I am being upstaged my the other student teacher in the building. Sister Mary asldfkjsad;fl, not only did she witness a math lesson I messed up a little, but she brought in A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER CHILDREN'S AUTHOR....the writer of
FABLEHAVEN
which I have never heard of. AND she has a guaranteed job after her student teaching...not fair...not fair. I am clearly the less superior student teacher, and less holy.

And my CT, behind my back, talks about how bad the coffee I make is...

this is just the bad stuff.
There is so much more good stuff than bad.
I do love to teach.

1 comment:

Lindsey said...

you are awesome. you will get a job. and i don't like coffee, but i bet you make it good. yep. <3