A New Adventure..

I have always wanted to sponser a club or extra curricular activity at school, but I have never found one that suited my abilities.... until now. At my current school there is no sponser for the Photography Club. PERFECT for me! I love taking pictures and trying to learn about composition. Secretly I would like to be good enough to take pictures on the side....but that will be in the far, far future.
So, I had to ask myself what I wanted for this club, what would be our goal or purpose?? Would every member even have a digital camera to experiment with??
This is what I have come up with....

Students will divide by teams or "pods," each group will be responsible for taking pictures of their teams of students (including all students) and teachers. They will also be responsible for conducting polls and interviews with students and teachers...

When all is said and done, we will create movies using Microsoft MovieMaker. I think this sounds like a blast!

I will keep you posted on how it goes... First meeting is in less than two weeks.

Valentine's Day

What are kids missing out on in today's middle school? Tissue wrapped shoe boxes to hold all of those valentine's, cookies with pink and red frosting, and trying to decide who to give that "special" valentine to. You know the one... that may or may not suggest that you might or might not be in the love with the boy with the blue eyes.... We all remember this!

Unfortunately, in today's society many schools condone the Valentine's Day party. What are the kids missing? The fact that each and every student will get a Valentine's instead of having to watch other students hand them out to only their friends in the hall's between classes, having a party where all of the students are invited...
Lets make sure that kids are still allowed to be kids.

I miss the school parties!

PRAXIS!

I passed the Praxis: PLT!

Thank goodness I won't have to take that again!

Like a carrot dangling in front of you...

Interviews are looming ahead. I am in the process of tweeking, or rather completely scratching my resume. Basically a resume must state that you are the best candidate for the job in one page, not two, and bullets that use action verbs that would attract a reader into noticing the amazing qualities you possess. In this era of the college graduate, I am competing against secondary people who think that middle school kids are cute, and yet have no idea what it means to teach a middle school kid. On their agenda are lectures and five page research papers! What a way to make a middle school kid want to drop out...

Back to the interviews.

My husband and I have been debating the proper attire to wear to the interviews. Some suggest suits which is my husband's choice. I want something that says I am a fun person, and I that I put more effort into my waredrobe then just picking out a basic suit. So, I have opted for the black pencil skirt, white button down shirt, bright green - short sleeved cardigan, peeptoe pumps, and a super awesome green ring. Does this say anything about my teaching ability?- no. BUT, it does say that I am not afraid of color, which could translate into a person who is not afraid to think outside of the box! Yeah me!

SO, I am the carrot dangling in front of you - with red hair (orange in certain light) and the green shirt!