New Year: New Game Plan

Ok, so I think I am going to start over. I didn't do so well keeping up with blogging... Obviously. I am impressed with the people that can blog several times a week! That's a lot! Where do you find time to sit down and write? I suppose I should just make myself sit down and do it, it feels good when I'm done. Haha. Anyway.

So New Year.

So far this year, I spent the month of January doing my student teaching practicum for my ESL endorsement. That's English as a Second Language. It was fun. I was teaching Kindergarten and 2nd Grade ELS. Some was pull out and some was inclusive groups in the classroom. My placement was in Marshalltown where the amount of students learning English as their second language was very high. It was a very positive experience and I learned a great deal from my supervising teacher.

Then two days later (yesterday the 3rd of February) I take of to Waterloo, Iowa for the UNI International Career Fair. Where over 100 schools come from all over the world to fill international teaching jobs! So Michelle Miossi (one of my fellows teachers from New Zealand) and I packed up and headed to town. Today is day two and we have 3 interviews today for Turkey, Bahrain, and Thailand. Yesterday we had one in Poland, and tomorrow we have Vietnam and Indonesia. We are really hoping to get an international job! We got the bug in New Zealand! The travel the world bug! My mom's cousin's daughter  (I think that is the relation) Sarah has been a HUGEEE help and question answer-er for us! We couldn't have been this pre-pared or relatively low level of stress without her. This is her 3rd UNI fair and has been teaching abroad for 5 years! Thanks a ton Sarah!

I'll post later when I know if we get a job or not! We have our fingers crossed!!!!!!!

yay, I posted! :)