There comes a time in everyone’s lives when you must leave the comfy bubble of college life to enter the career world. Technically, this day came for me on January 3rd when I started my long-term substitute job at Sunflower Elementary. However, staying in the same school that I student taught in, I really wasn’t leaving my comfy bubble yet.
Yesterday marked the first step toward leaving the bubble. I interviewed with 7 different school districts, in hopes of making a lasting impression on the interviewers. I studied very hard for these interviews, making sure to connect my questions to the information I found on their websites.
The day went well, yet in this economy, there is not much hope for first year teachers. Many districts are closing schools, letting go of teachers, increasing class sizes, and not looking to hire a first year teacher. I could come away from this experience down in the dumps, but I refuse. I know that God has a plan for me, and that He will do anything and everything to reveal that plan to me. If it is not in His plan for me to teach in one of those districts, then I will keep striving for what is His plan. Perhaps He wants me to go teach overseas for a year—I would be totally okay with that.
So the waiting begins. Waiting for districts to post openings, redefine their budgets, find where they can fit first year teachers, and call me for a second interviewJ I’ve found that teaching takes a lot of patience, and this process also calls for a lot of patience. I was never the most patient person, but every day I find myself a little more patient than the day before.
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