Working For A Livin'

After last year and the hellish time I had teaching Promise K I thought I would take this year off, get to know Anchorage, get settled and volunteer at the kids' school. Well, I am working full time for the school district. The Principal's assistant at the kids school asked me to sign up with the district so I could work there. I spent a whole day filling out papers, filling out applications online, getting a background check and fingerprinted. Now, in the state of AK you have to apply to the state for a AK teaching certificate even if you have on in another state. I turned in all my stuff to the district and was told that for classified it would be two weeks before I could sub and for certified I would need to turn paperwork into state and that this time of year they are super busy, so it would take awhile. That was last Friday. I started working on Tuesday and was approved to sub certified as of Thursday (without the paperwork even turned in). I am waiting for WWU to send my transcripts. I am working in an inclusion 3rd grade and I love it. I was hired to work one-on-one with a boy whom is losing his sight, but I help with small groups and others in the class. The job is only until the 18th of September, but who knows what they will ask me to do next.