It's Official!

After many months of waiting patiently and praying that a job would come about, I was excited to discover that the school where I did my student teaching placements had an opening for a third grade teacher! A colleague of mine from the school with whom I had kept in touch emailed me to let me know about the posting. I was so thrilled! I applied immediately, and was feeling pretty positive about the possibilities. It turns out that the mentor teacher under whom I worked for 3 months for my major placement has decided to take a year leave to teach in Poland! Pretty exciting. So, the principal emailed me last week after I let her know I was back in town, and she told me that she would be contacting me about an interview. Just before we had gone to Guatemala, she had told me that she was hoping to have a position for me in the fall. I had my interview yesterday (Friday, Aug 14th) - and I got the job! I still can't believe it! I'm really a teacher, and I will be teaching 3rd grade in 3 weeks! In Spanish!! I'm so excited and terrified, but I'm looking forward to visiting what will be my classroom and picking up a few things I'm sure I'll need to make my classroom feel welcoming for my students! Mrs. Menendez, 3rd grade teacher...