First Year of Teaching

Wow I started this blog with the intent to update it quite a bit, but I just never seemed to get around to it. Currently I am enjoying my summer travelling between my parents' house and home. My first year of teaching came to an end way too fast! I am so going to miss my first group, but am excited to see them grow and continue to learn in the classes of some awesome teachers. This next school year I am moving classrooms and will have the pleasure of teaching Kindergarten again! I am very excited to start setting up and planning for the year. It will be a while longer before I can get in my classroom and get it started though. I have two bunnies a netherland dwarf named Roxie and a Holland lop named Butterfinger who I just adore. They are also our classroom pets. My netherland dwarf Roxie got sick, so we have been visiting the vet a little this summer. The vet said she has an intestinal parasite and has given medication. I just hope she gets better. We are waiting for some test results to come back to learn more. If you are reading this please keep her in your prayers.


Until next time,

Kayla

New Beginnings

My life has been a whirl wind of change these last few months. I graduated college in May and became a certified teacher! The day after I graduated my cousin Cori and I set out on a trip to Louisiana. We spent a couple of days in Baton Rouge and the rest of the week in New Orleans. It was a blast. In Baton Rouge we stayed in a little Bed and Breakfast that was featured on True Blood! When I got back I started working a part time job while filling out applications for teaching positions. I was hoping to get a job in Corpus, but had no luck. I had a choice to make. I could either put on my "big girl panties" and apply outside of Corpus, or I could wait and go without a job. With my summer job coming to an end I made a decision that would forever change my life. I decided to apply in San Angelo and Odessa. San Angelo because I went to college there and have connections with members of the school district and Odessa because my big sister is a police officer there. A few days after applying I got a call to interview for a kindergarten teaching position in San Angelo. I accepted the interview and prepared to leave. I only packed enough clothes for the week and headed for the river. Monday morning before my interview I got a call from an elementary school in Odessa. They agreed to a phone interview and gave me a little time to prepare. I had never interviewed in my life. I was so nervous. I felt like I had completely flubbed the interview. I stumbled on some of my answers. There was no way they would recommend me. I then prepared for my interview in San Angelo. That interview went a little better than my first interview and I could only pray that I got the job. During my interview with San Angelo I got a call to interview for another school in Odessa. I called up my sister and made plans to head to Odessa for the interview. On my way to Odessa I got yet another phone call to interview for a different school in Odessa. Three schools! I was shocked. The only thing I could do was pray that one of my interview went well. I completed four interviews in the span of two days! I was recommended by all three Odessa schools and by Tuesday afternoon I had accepted a position to teach kindergarten at a school in Odessa. I was hired a week and a half before the start of school.  It wasn't easy to accept the position, but I knew that it was the best choice I could make. There were times before school had begun that I thought to myself "what have I gotten myself into" I just had to tell myself that everything happens for a reason. I have never been happier. In a short amount of time I was able to find an apartment. Thankfully my wonderful daddy packed all my things back home and moved them into my apartment while I was teaching. We are now 8 weeks into the school year. It is crazy how fast things are happening. I have embraced the crazy, exhausting, never dull life of a kindergarten teacher. I am still getting settled into my apartment and am forever working on my classroom, but I am loving every second of it. I thought I would restart my blog to keep up with my crazy life.