People ask me what it's been like getting started in my senior year at Emporia State. Well, the good news is, my head has not yet exploded. The bad news? I fear it might very soon.
As a part of Emporia's PDS (Professional Development School) program, I have been placed in an Olathe elementary school with a mentor teacher. I will spend the first semester observing this teacher, getting my toes a tiny bit wet in 2nd grade and (successfully) completeing 16 credit hours for Emporia State in various methods classes.
Needless to say, I'm already a bit overwhelmed and I've only been back for 7 days. Granted, it doesn't help that my first week consisted of Olathe and Emporia telling me about EVERYTHING that will occur between now and December 11th. Talk about your head spin!
So for now, I am existing from one day to the next. Each night I look at the planner to answer the following three questions:
-Where am I going tomorrow?
-What time do I need to be there?
-What am I expected to wear?
With that, I must close so that I can iron my clothes for tomorrow, set the alarm clock (On a side note, I've already decided that early mornings are HIGHLY overrated and that teacher's pay should include a monthly Starbucks delivery allowance!) and get my lunch packed. Us poor student teachers don't get to order out every day!
Fingers crossed!
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