The Blogging World

I am going into my second year of teaching at a high school in Palm Beach County, Florida. I never thought I would go into teaching, as a matter of fact I dismissed the idea many times growing up. My dream was to pursue a career in criminal justice. After working for two years as a juvenile probation officer, I found myself overworked and underpaid.

After taking and passing the English certification exam, I was offered (and accepted) a job before I had even considered leaving probation. Cue a two-week scramble to leave my job, create substitute plans, and prepare a classroom. I began teaching one week after school had already started. Needless to say, it took me the entire year to catch up.

I set a goal at the end of the school year to become more organized and better at teaching. The journey to becoming this way, I decided, would have to begin over the summer. So with the help of Pinterest, some ideas I had that worked this year, and innovation I have begun planning my curriculum and my classroom. I found out at the end of last year that I will not be teaching 9th grade Intensive Reading/English and 12th grade English again.

Instead, I will be teaching 10th grade Intensive Reading/English. We have just transitioned from the FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test) to a brand new test called the Florida Standards Assessment and are beginning to use a brand new textbook (HMH Collections).

With all of the new changes coming, I decided to create this blog for self-reflection and to share my ideas.

Looking forward to the 2014-2015 school year!