I turned in my paperwork to substitute teach and got my TB test. As soon as my references submit their forms, and I go back for my TB re-check, I can be processed. I guess because I've taught for the district before they fast-tracked me for orientation. Thank goodness. This process is as slow as molasses.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't shaking in my boots. And not because I'm concerned about the outcome of my tuberculosis screen.
The hope is that I can sub at the boys' elementary school or N's middle school 5 days a month (this is the minimum I have to sub in order to stay in the rolls and as much as I care to sub anyway). There is another elementary and another middle school nearby where I can also sub that wouldn't take me completely out of my way.
I'm not concerned about subbing at the elementary schools, but the middles.....
It has been a decade since I was in a public school middle setting.
I do teach 6-12th graders at the cottage school, but that couldn't be a more different vibe from public. No chance of swinging punches there.
In an effort to re-acclimate myself, I've been working in N's middle bookstore occasionally, which is during the lunch room chaos. There have been two reasons for this---one, to help myself get used to the feel again and two, to put my face there for students to see.
I keep telling myself that I did this before, I can do this again.
I am having to tell myself that on a never-ending loop. I hope I start believing it soon.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't shaking in my boots. And not because I'm concerned about the outcome of my tuberculosis screen.
The hope is that I can sub at the boys' elementary school or N's middle school 5 days a month (this is the minimum I have to sub in order to stay in the rolls and as much as I care to sub anyway). There is another elementary and another middle school nearby where I can also sub that wouldn't take me completely out of my way.
I'm not concerned about subbing at the elementary schools, but the middles.....
It has been a decade since I was in a public school middle setting.
I do teach 6-12th graders at the cottage school, but that couldn't be a more different vibe from public. No chance of swinging punches there.
In an effort to re-acclimate myself, I've been working in N's middle bookstore occasionally, which is during the lunch room chaos. There have been two reasons for this---one, to help myself get used to the feel again and two, to put my face there for students to see.
I keep telling myself that I did this before, I can do this again.
I am having to tell myself that on a never-ending loop. I hope I start believing it soon.
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