Yes, as the above title says... I HAVE A FREAKIN' JOB!!!!!! Omg it feels so amazing to know what I will be doing in August. So here's the down low. ;-) I am going to be a behavior teacher at Yale Elementary in Richardson ISD. Which, by the way, is literally 5 minutes from my house. So yay on saving money on gas (which I can use to get myself to CS to see my man!)! There are two positions, one for K-3 and one for 4-6. The principal said he can not promise me my preference (which is K-3) but either way I will like the job. When I was in the interview it just felt right. I really liked the people who interviewed me. There was the principal, the instructional specialist, a 5th grade teacher and the counselor. Other than the 5th grade teacher (although I might work with her a lot too) I will be working with those people A LOT and I got a really good feeling about them. With behavior I have students that will be at ALL ranges of the spectrum. Some students are in behavior because they can not function in the general ed setting but are just as intelligent, with of course the possibility of being smarter, as their general ed students but because of their behaviors they can not be put in the classroom. I will also have students with behavior and learning disabilities, most students with autism would be put in my class as well. The principal said that I would most likely have 4-6 students, but you never know. The law permits 10 special ed students in a class, but trust me 4-6 in behavior is full enough! :-) I will definetly be doing research this summer about different behavior strategies and how to set up my classroom. I am REALLY excited. I think that I will be able to do a great job with these students.
A funny side note is that I still have two interviews this week! I am going to go to the one tomorrow morning because that was the school that I really liked, and you never know if they offer me a position we will see. I have not signed my papers yet because it all has to go through HR. Although it would be really rude of me and I have a great feeling about the school I said yes to, but it never hurts to go on an interview.
ALSOOOOOOOOO an hour after I said yes to the Yale job I got a call from another principal that I interviewed with that wanted me as well! It was the English resource high school job in Mesquite. I would have taken that job as well but I did prefer the Yale job. But the principal was really nice and told me that if anything falls through to please give him a call because they really wanted me at the school. :-) So that helped the confidence a lot. :-)
Other upsetting things happened today, but for now I just want to have a positive, happy post. And that is what I'm going to focus on. (It's not news about the biopsy, they are now saying that we might have to wait until the end of the week for the results.)
Until another day :-)
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