4.sept.2007 update

Oh boy! I've been pretty delinquent with my blog and a lot's happened over the last month+. Here's the gist of it:

• Went to Responsive Classroom Training (week-long) while I was in Connecticut. RC offers a great approach to education that's given me a good base to jump off of.
• Started work at school! Because of construction, we still haven't started school yet (first day is Monday the 10th).
• Have been working with my two co-teachers. "R" also went through the same credential program that I am enrolled in. She's really high-spirited, caring, and enthusiastic. "B" is also new to the school, so we've been helping one another get acclimated to the school. She brings with her 30 years of experience and it really shows. I know I'm going to learn a LOT from her. She's totally chill and for sure knows her stuff. So far from conversation, she has the kind of approach to teaching that I'd like to develop. I can't wait to see it unfold when the students get here.
• Just finished one of the two days of parent conferences. It's a little weird to meet them before meeting the kids, but it's been great to meet families (what an interesting bunch).
• As part of my program I will be spending half a day a week in a nearby public school. Awesome news: I'll be in a Spanish/English bilingual 1st grade classroom! Couldn't be more perfect since I'd love to teach in a bilingual school some day. I haven't met the class yet but hope to real soon.
• My courses have just started. I am taking Second Language Acquisition (yay, I love this topic), Reading and Language Arts, and a seminar. So basically I am inundated with books. I'm having flashbacks to when I was 8, carrying around a backpack weighing two of me and that caused me to stop growing at 5'3". bah!

And very unteacher-like, I'm not proofreading this. Otherwise I'll never post again.