My Classroom

School has officially started! At least for us teachers anyway. For the past couple of days I have been in my room trying to get it set up for the open house that I am going to have on Thursday. It is still surreal to think that this is going to be my classroom for at least two years and it is all my own. I am pretty excited and so thankful that I was student teaching in a first grade room - I am feeling much more prepared then I think I would have otherwise.

On Monday we went over an orientation with our Superintendent and Principal where they proceeded to tell us all about the rules and regulations at the school. I think what Luke and I were most surprised about was the requirement for lesson plans. As most teachers know, you normally only have to do them every once in a while, at our school we are required to provide the lesson plans the week before so if they decide to come and observe they know what you are teaching. I know it will be a lot of work, but I am actually excited to know that I will have an idea of what I am teaching the next week and I think it will make me a better teacher.

Dress code is very important to them so we got a long lecture on how to catch it early (especially with my little girls), Mary Jane shoes are not allowed! :) It will be interesting to work at a school with uniforms to see if it makes a big difference, that is still a debate in the states so maybe I will have more of an opinion on it now.

All of the other teachers seem extremely nice and I can't wait to get to know them more. One couple named Jessie and Jessi actually went to Western Oregon! I couldn't believe it. We also met the knew PE teacher who is named Daniel; he is Canadian so he and Luke hit it off right away. We are also getting to know a lot of the Honduran teachers which is great and hopefully it will help with my Spanish!

Here are some photos of the classroom, I will update more when things come up. :)