Looking for a job- Subbing isn't working

I am on the substitute list for two different schools.  HomeSchool and ST School.  Total between the 2 I've subbed maybe a total of 2.5 days.  That isn't a lot considering I have been on the sub list for almost a month.  I heard that HomeSchool is constantly looking for subs.  I wonder why now all of a sudden it is a big difference.  Probably because of all the snow days that the schools have had, teachers aren't using personal days, or even sick days for that matter.  They are way behind, and need to be in school to catch up.  I'm just hoping that I can catch up with the money flow here come spring, when teachers hopefully want to take personal days.

The job look isn't quite working out in my favor either.  Minnesota has a website that posts school related jobs here, and I think it is wonderful.  I check it on a daily basis.  I am also peeling my eyes open when papers come out, and on the schools websites.  I think anyone (around here anyways) are ready to post.  I hear one school, about 35 miles from where I live is hiring two teachers.  I heard this from my boyfriends mom, who is a Para at the school I student taught at.  I'm hoping it is true, and that I have a chance at getting it.  I'm also keeping all my fingers and toes crossed that HomeSchool is hiring.  I know that ST School is not hiring, as they are cutting positions (para positions, and lots of them- between the two school-elem and hs- they are losing 6-7 maybe more). So hopefully, I can find a position! :)

Wish me luck! :)

Wayyyy tooo long!

So I have obviously finished student teaching, I have also finished my degree, and received my license in Elementary Education.

No other news, other than I have subbed for the first time last week, and I will be changing the name of my blog to something different, as I am no longer a student teacher!

I will hopefully update more often- or as subbing positions/teaching positions arise.

Back to healing my back injury/being tired of not having Jr. High Basketball practice due to the schools closing because of the snow/weather!  GRRR

12:4

I forgot this morning that today was the day that we got to color our hair. How convenient though that I just colored my hair this weekend (the bottle of spray color says something about not being able to use it for different reasons, and just highlighting it was one of them). I honestly forgot about that when I got it done, it was basically because the lady had an opening that Saturday, I had the money, and it NEEDED to be done. Enough rambling about my hair. A lot of students were disappointed because my hair wasn’t a different color, but they settled for glitter, as well as the reason. There was one student who was really upset with the fact that my hair wasn’t going to be pink. I apologized to her later, and she eventually just gave up on it/accepted the fact that it wasn’t going to happen. It almost seemed as though she is always disappointed with things, promised things, and those promises are always broken. I felt really bad, and I was deep down really excited to be one of those silly elementary teachers. I wasn’t worried about what others thought of me, I could honestly care less… I just didn’t want the color to stay, and I would have wasted a ton of money!

Math today went really well, I’m really excited with how things are progressing. Students understand three digit subtraction (as long as there isn’t a zero placed in the middle of the numbers, which is discussed a little later in the chapter) and understand the rules. I think they catch the pattern, and can do it! I am so excited, and I feel really confident. It just takes me back to addition where I wish I would have been able to redeem myself, because I know I could do it!

Tomorrow is integration day at school. It is RRC’s turn to host this time around, and I’m kind of excited to see how it goes. The day is exhausting, I’ll give the teachers credit for that… but it isn’t a horrible, I actually think it is a TON of fun!

12:3

Mr. P was here today. I always enjoy when he comes because he always gives me the best advice. He said that I should certainly get my 5 year short time license, as well as getting my 5 year full time. I may have to pay double, but it can also guarantee that I get to sub, that my butt is covered, and that I can start doing what I love to do, the minute that I can. He also always points out things for me to keep in mind when it comes to finishing. He is a lot of fun to talk to, and to work with. We started subtracting 3 digit problems, so regrouping tens and ones. I think the lesson went really well, and the students really understand. I am planning on having another day of working on this, and then Friday after the integration day festivities, and the other schools leave, working on math (subtraction of course). The students who I thought would never get it, or have the hardest time getting, are the ones that are getting it the best. It really helps, and I hope that they can remember the rules, and continue to use them throughout the rest of their schooling/lives. I subtract all the time.

I haven’t even started Chapter 3 in science yet…. This is getting on my nerves! Ha, it really isn’t, because we needed to finish our math assignments, and have the help available to students who needed it.

12:2

Today went really well, we are working really hard on subtracting in math, and I really feel like the students are getting it. We have a set of rules… we called them “subtraction rules”. How creative, I know… but it is certainly working for the students. They have to go through the steps as a class before they can move from step to step.

Subtraction rules-
1. See if you can do the problem.
2. See if you can subtract the ones.
3. if you can- subtract the ones… if you can’t regroup the tens
4. subtract the tens
5. check

Students really seem to get it, and I also made sure that the Title teachers had the same steps, so that if students were going down for math title time, the teachers could keep working with the students with the same rules.