After a year-and-a-half of applying, seven interviews for seven different libraries in two districts, and hearing the words "it was between you and one other" a few of those times...I was offered a job in an elementary school library in the same district in which I work. This accomplishment would not be possible without the fantastic tutelage of my SHSU library science professors, the overwhelming support of my administrators these past three years, and the encouragement--and tolerance--of my family, friends, and colleagues.
I was offered the job less than a week ago, so I am still trying to wrap my mind around the idea of leaving the classroom and my students. That is the tough part of being a support teacher; we often see the same students year in and year out, unlike our general education colleagues who get a "fresh start" each school year. We become family in our support rooms, and those I've had the pleasure--and heartache--of teaching these past three years make it hard to say goodbye. I also work with an amazing staff of teachers and administrators, who recognize the needs of children from all angles and strive to lift them up as high as we can take them. To leave them for mostly unknown territory makes my knees quake a bit. But their support will carry me through, I know; I have learned so much from their examples of professionalism, camaraderie, and compassion that I can only be successful, wherever I am planted.
To the readers of this blog, thank you. Thank you for being there, thank you for considering me for jobs, thank you for helping me get this new position. I'm not sure if I'll continue posting on this site, with the active web presence the library already has and will need to be maintained. As soon as I am established there, I'll post the links in this blog, in case you want to follow my continuing escapades in education...only this time, as a librarian.
I was offered the job less than a week ago, so I am still trying to wrap my mind around the idea of leaving the classroom and my students. That is the tough part of being a support teacher; we often see the same students year in and year out, unlike our general education colleagues who get a "fresh start" each school year. We become family in our support rooms, and those I've had the pleasure--and heartache--of teaching these past three years make it hard to say goodbye. I also work with an amazing staff of teachers and administrators, who recognize the needs of children from all angles and strive to lift them up as high as we can take them. To leave them for mostly unknown territory makes my knees quake a bit. But their support will carry me through, I know; I have learned so much from their examples of professionalism, camaraderie, and compassion that I can only be successful, wherever I am planted.
To the readers of this blog, thank you. Thank you for being there, thank you for considering me for jobs, thank you for helping me get this new position. I'm not sure if I'll continue posting on this site, with the active web presence the library already has and will need to be maintained. As soon as I am established there, I'll post the links in this blog, in case you want to follow my continuing escapades in education...only this time, as a librarian.
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