Glory to God in the highest for he has done it.... provided a fantastic job for me!! I am going to be a Math Recovery Specialist for 1st - 5th graders at Margaret Wills Elementary. It's a full-time teaching position (with awesome teacher pay and benefits) but I won't have a whole class of kids.... I'll just be pulling kids out of their class throughout the day to come to my class for tutoring. It's a brand new program that AISD is starting this year, so it could be interesting as we figure out exactly what it will look like. As far as I know, It will be a lot of assessment and really meeting these kids right where they are to challenge and encourage them to step it up! Wills is a title 1 school, meaning many of them are from underprivileged homes and are also ESL kids... so it will definitely be a challenging position but I am so ready and excited to see how the Lord leads!
It takes me exactly 3 minutes and 20 seconds to walk to school (which I couldn't be more excited about), I have an actual classroom which I'm sharing with a special ed teacher (i was ready to be stuck in a closet or at the end of the hallway somewhere so this is a blessing!), my principal is awesome and I really feel like she is completely supporting me and whatever I think we need to do to get this program going!
I'm headed to Albuquerque tomorrow with the six other math recovery specialists from AISD for a week long training program. yikes! I'm prepared for long, draining days of conferences and lectures and lots of homework each night, but I know it will good to figure out what I'm going to be doing this year.
*Please pray for strength and patience as I begin this journey! God is good and I couldn't be more excited to follow as He leads.
