Thursday, June 12, 2014

Landed the job!

This is it! I've spent years in college and graduate school. I've spent hours researching, practicing and teaching. I've spent days awaiting job postings. All for this! To get my very first teaching job! 

Starting in April I was scanning the online job postings as if it was my full time job. I applied online to 10 positions in 6 different districts.I mailed out applications in cute homemade envelopes and hoped they would be the attention grabber I needed. Once I hit the send button the hardest part came. Waiting. And waiting. And guess what? More waiting! 

Two long weeks went by and I still hadn't heard anything. Then, all of a sudden, my phone rang! It was the vice principal to an elementary school that had 3 open positions. He said my cover letter was outstanding and stood out to him. He invited me in for an interview the following week. I was elated! Someone finally recognized my accomplishments and thought I may be a good fit for their school! 

That wasn't all! As soon as I hung up with district 1, I received a phone call from district 2! The principal also mentioned my cover letter and that he had 4 positions open. The next step was interview prep. I'll post about that later. That was a stressful event in itself. 

Anyways, I went to both interviews. One on Wednesday, the next on Thursday. My interview with district 1 was a little intimidating but overall it went well. District 2 however went amazing. The interview panel and office staff were so welcoming and comforting. Both interviews were fairly short which made me think they had ruled me out. 

I was told I'd know more by the following Tuesday. They were true to their word! Tuesday morning I got a text from my cooperating teacher saying she got a voice mail about a reference for district 2 (referring to them as district 1 and district 2 reminds me of the hunger games...) Before I could even text her back I had a voice mail from the principal wanting to discuss offering me a position! As fast as my fingers could dial I called him back, trying to contain my excitement! 

After a conversation with the principal and a verbal offer he asked if I had any questions. He had yet to tell me the grade I was teaching. Of course it didn't really matter, I was just thrilled to already have an offer the first week of May! But, I decided I really wanted to know what grade. So of course I asked. His response? "We think you'd be an excellent fit for first grade". I'm sure he could hear my squealing! First grade!!! This was officially my dream job.

Two weeks later I went in, toured the school and signed my contract. It's been a whirlwind of events already and I'm so excited to see what comes next! 


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