New Job

Interview process is over. I did not get the first job I interviewed for. I did not get the second job I interviewed for. I got the job vacated by someone who took one of the other jobs! My official title is Head Teacher in the Toddler room. Now doesn’t that sound prestigious?
I will be writing lesson plans and changing diapers, assessing progress and disinfecting toys, making reports and pushing the stroller around the block. I love it!
Yesterday I saw my new charges at play in the gym and toured my classroom. My “babies” are 18 months to 3 years old, and look like lots of fun. I’m sure there will be challenges but I am even kind of looking forward to that. My room is bright and sunny and full of evidence of creative teaching and creative kids.
Soon I will be saying good bye to my other kids. Sixty-seven kindergarten through third graders, of whom eleven first graders were my special charge. I will miss them but I will not miss trying to keep track of who all those kids belong to. Pick-up time can be a real madhouse! Keeping track of just ten kids and who their parents are sounds much easier.
Teaching toddlers...I think this is what I want to be when I grow up! At least for a few years.