Making the Most of Teaching

It's taken me 10 years of school, work, and contemplation to finally realize what I really want to do with my life.  I had sort of a "crisis" a couple months ago, where I honestly just had to question if I really wanted to be a teacher.  Do I really make a difference?  A lot of the time I feel like I am unhappy with what is happening in my classroom.  But it is not that I am unhappy with teaching, it is that I am unhappy with the resources, and circumstances that I have found myself in while teaching.  I love seeing their faces light up when they look at something new.  I love seeing them interact with each other and learn to just be.

Believe it or not what made me realize that I am in fact destined to be a teacher, and that I do in fact love it was an episode of New Girl.  Ha!  I never would have thought...but as Jessica Day had a realization I thought about it and had a similar realization.  I am a teacher, I have known that since I was in third grade.  I was born to teach, to lead, and to open up my heart to keep kids safe and engaged.

So, I decided that I needed to dive into teaching.  I need to invest in becoming the best teacher I can be.  Investing means, reading blogs, reading books, and spending time writing.  I want to land a job that I can keep, to be in a classroom, and know that I will be able to stay there for years and years.  I am a teacher.  It is my calling, it is my life.  There is so much pressure, but you know what?  I am excited to excel under that pressure.

So...this blog will be about that...my teaching and my learning!  :)  I'm excited for this journey.