Yes, you can call me “2 jobs” now as I have officially picked up a new position as the Children’s Ministry Music Director at a local church. For now, I am only working with the kids on Sunday evenings but I will be running the music portion of Vacation Bible School over the summer…
Read MoreThe Three Passions of Teaching
Around November at a staff meeting our principal assigned teachers to work in groups to read Teach Like a Pirate and present their readings at future staff meetings. My immediate thought was: don’t we have enough work to do already? My next thought was: how long can I avoid this before I am forced to do…
Read MoreAdventures in Show Choir
Around October I stepped in as the Assistant Director of our feeder high school’s show choir. Show choir is something I was very unfamiliar with, but am slowly starting to become obsessed with. In high school I was on a competitive dance team and very involved in our school’s musical theater program. Show choir is…
Read MoreIt’s February and I’m Tired
That’s the first title that popped into my head and I deem it completely appropriate. It is February and I am tired. Very tired. No one told me that being a full-time teacher would be this exhausting and this draining. I’ve even had three snow days since Winter Break, but am still completely dead every time I come home…
Read MoreNew Years Resolutions for the First Year Teacher
I am an absolute lover of lists. I make to-do lists like my life depends on them and I have a bad habit of owning multiple planners for the same calendar year. Actually, I bought a Lilly Pulitzer Aug. 2015-Dec. 2016 agenda and then just purchased a Goal Digger Jan. 2016-Dec. 2016 planner, but I am now considering…
Read MoreThe First Day for Dummies
The first day The very first day of school is just as crazy for the teachers as it is for the students, especially for a first year teacher. You are given a roster of names, sometimes with old school photos to access if you’re lucky, and expected to be able to manage every single strange…
Read MoreTis the Season to Be Stressed Out
Holiday concert season As I reminisce on my first semester as a teacher, I can’t help but think about how I could’ve been more prepared for certain events-most importantly my holiday concerts. I had never been in charge of every part of the concert process before this December. During my student teaching semester in college…
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