Success at Last!

Well, after 5 interviews I finally found the perfect fit I interviewed and was hired last week to be a teacher at Wawasee High School! Just 15 minutes from my house! I am super excited and have a few meetings this week with the superintendent and the math department heads. Everyone there has been so friendly, and I appreciated their quick response (I was offered the position the day after I interviewed!)

It really is amazing to see God’s hand in all of this. From each interview I left feeling as though it went well, and just waiting to hear something…ANYTHING…back from the schools. I will admit that at times the process was discouraging and tiring, but I knew God had an amazing plan and place for me.

So, more about the position. Right now, it is a part time position (75% time) and I’ll have three classes to teach and one prep period. I am unsure as to how long the position will last (1-2 years they think), or how long it might be part-time. They seem hopeful and pretty positive about it turning into full-time within the next year or two. They even asked if I would be interested in teaching AP Calculus down the road…YES, OF COURSE I WOULD! Regardless, it gets my name into a corporation and my foot in the door. I’m trusting God has all the details figured out and He knows EXACTLY where I will go from here.

As for this school year, looks like 1st and 2nd trimester I’ll have three Algebra 1 classes, and then 3rd trimester I’ll have some mix of Algebra 1 and Honors Algebra 2 (and it looks like I could be doing some remedial classes at some point). I am overjoyed, elated, nervous, and ready to start planning! At this point I am still planning on working at Sylvan Learning Center a few evenings during the week…but we’ll see how overwhelmed I feel once the school year starts!

I’m already getting first day jitters…but am ready for the joys of back-to-school shopping as a teacher!