New Year, New Job, New District

This year will begin my first true journey into public education.

I spent the past two years in a charter that has been around for about 4 years, and grew too quickly for its britches.  My very FIRST year of teaching I taught Spanish 1, Spanish 2, Spanish 3, and an elective 7th grade class.

Did I mention I was hired 10 days before school started?

And that it was a flipped model?

With a Learning Management System (LMS)?

It was a nightmare, and I had the worst anxiety/agoraphobia of my life. But I survived. For two whole years.

I have been at new-to-district training this week for my new job in Leander ISD (north of Austin, Texas) as the 8th grade Spanish 1 teacher at Henry Middle School. How easy is that!?

The district is so organized and forward thinking that I can't even believe my luck.  As much as I hate professional development, seeing the district encourage experimentation and student ownership of learning is pretty cool. The superintendent said he doesn't want to focus on our state scores, because with what we are doing, we don't have to.

Ramble ramble ramble! Looking forward to meeting the rest of my co-workers next week!