I kept a little secret from you yesterday. While I was on my lunch break at work, I recieved the following email: Can you come for an interview tomorrow Mar 9 at 8:00.  Please let me know.  Thanks. Donna C., Head Secretary Pretty City High School Last week a job posting opened at the school I volunteered at all last year. Over the weekend I got my application package together and sent it off. It’s the first time in over a year that a job that I am qualified to teach opened at that school, and I had my fingers crossed that they would offer me an interview. (Or just…

One of the things I love most about being a substitute teacher is the complete unpredictability of the job. When I step foot into a school in the morning, I have absolutely no idea where I’ll end up. Oh, the dispatch callers who give you the assignments will tell you which department a particular teacher is assigned to, but that often doesn’t mean anything. I could get a call to be in for an English teacher and end up teaching computers, or a call for special education, and end up teaching science. Today was one such example. On Friday night I went out for dinner with a couple of my…

Today is a perfect blogging day–it’s a cold, rainy grey day and I feel so warm and cozy in our little home.  I haven’t gone outside at all yet, I’ve just been watching the rain stream down my windows, somewhat thankful that I didn’t have to be out driving to a school in all the muck. After a long summer vacation working at the crap part-time job (which I don’t miss at all, in case you were wondering) I’m teaching again. The calls aren’t as steady as I’d like them to be, but then again, I really didn’t expect to get much work as a substitute teacher in the first…