Congrats! I am a huge planner. Now that you are switching schools/states, I would love to see a video on things new teachers/recent graduates/teachers switching schools can do over summer to prepare for their future classroom. Maybe ideas of things to buy, templates to prepare, websites to check out, etc. It would me the world to me:)
Sooo excited for you! I'm from PA and am in my last year of getting my bachelor's in Elementary! Thank you SO much for explaining the hunting/hiring process and how to move because I want to move down south after teaching in PA for a few years. PA is a big state, but if you set up a meet & greet, i DEFINITELY want to be there :) congratulations again
Congratulations! I moved from Huntsville, Alabama to teach 4th grade in Toledo, Ohio this year. I am so glad I took the chance. My husband left his job to come with me and has done so much better for himself here. I hope you enjoy it just as much.
This is so crazy. I literally had the same thing happen. I teach in California . I was in the market for a new job and was offered a demo lesson (same grade same standard). I didn't do a suitcase but I brought a box for movie night that we looked at. I had to do a collaboration after that and then I was offered the job. I also will be teaching ELA in 4th. Congrats!!!
Welcome to Pennsylvania! I was born and raised here in PA, and I have been watching you for a little while and completely look up to you and learn so much from your videos. I am so excited for you and your family to go on this journey together, and wish you the best of luck!!
Hey! Congratulations! Those 4th graders are incredibly lucky to have someone as passionate and detail-oriented as you! Good luck with moving and getting acclimatised to your new space. Keep us posted and keep the videos coming. You inspire me. Love from India.
Wow! Congratulations, Bridget! I'm so excited and happy for you! I can't wait to see all your ideas and content for teaching fourth grade as I'm waiting to see if I'll get a fourth grade teaching position here in Hawaii. Thank you for being an amazing virtual mentor for me and many others! Sending lots of love and best wishes as you move on to this new journey.
I am doing my final semester of student teaching this fall in an ELA fifth grade classroom in Illinois, so I will graduate in December. I can officially start applying for jobs the first day of my student teaching semester, and you gave me so many tips. Thank you so much. I immediately subscribed after the video. I was excited when you described your demonstration lesson, because I did one very similar for one of my formal lessons. I was helping my students review test taking strategies for PARCC testing, and you are right about students struggling with main idea and key details because even fifth graders struggle with finding key details at times. I am also excited for you having a fourth grade ELA class. Language arts is my passion, and I enjoy the upper elementary grades learning about it. I can't wait to follow you on your journey.
I'm truly blessed by this video! I've been praying that God would help me develop a greater excellence in my own teaching career and you practically embody what I've been striving for! I love that you went in an knew your purpose and plan and you did not deter from that. This has truly motivated me to excel; to go above and beyond (I wouldn't have thought about taking screen shots to show that you had something completed, nor would I have thought about having pictures of the anchor charts and student materials for the demonstration lesson)! Thank you for this video! I'm not planning on moving or going to a new school but this has encouraged me to be more organized, to expect more from myself than what is required. I feel more invigorated to go back and teach my kinders this school year!
Way to go. I'm officially teaching fourth grade next year as well after a few years as a middle school teacher. I love that age group, and I think you will really enjoy them.
I just finished my first semester of student teaching and I found your channel. I absolutely love your videos and find you so inspirational! Your enthusiasm is contagious and you make me even more excited to be a teacher. I wish you so much good luck!
Yayyyyy!!!! Omg Bridget I am so excited for you and your family!!!! That is awesome! You are a phenomenal teacher. Keep up the amazing work, I will be looking forward to watching your videos (as usual). Welcome to the North ( I am in New Jersey) :-)
Congratulations on your new job! You sound so excited and positive - they are lucky to have you! In England when we apply for teaching posts, we have to teach a lesson in front of the head teacher, deputy head teacher, head of department and there could be teaching assistants in the class too! If they're happy with your lesson then you'll be put through to the next round which is interviews! I know of some schools where a panel of kids will talk to you too and they will feedback to senior leadship! It is crazy stressful.
Welcome to Pennsylvania! I've been teaching fourth grade in PA for 12 years. I hope you have a positive experience as you transition. For me it has been the best grade to teach. I cannot wait to see your new videos!
Congratulations!!! I am so happy for you. I can't wait to see your new journey. You are truly an amazing teacher, you'll do awesome in four grade. I just graduated college and you inspire me so much. Best of luck with your new adventure!
Congratulations! I'll miss taking some of your Kindergarten ideas to use for my classroom, but I look forward to seeing how I can use some of your 4th grade lessons in modification for my firsties :) I, too, have been applying for a different position. Can you show how you did your demo lesson plan? My school is lenient on how we write our plans, so I'm interested to see how you wrote out the lesson details to give to the principal. :) Be well!
So excited for you! I was wondering if you could make a video, touching the subject of interview questions and the best way to answer them? Hope moving is super smooth and easy!
I am psyched for you. Congrats! Great showing of the entire process of applying, interviewing, etc. Also, I love that you will be a 4th gr teacher because I, too, am a 4th gr teacher. I have followed your RUclips channel and have just adapted your strategies and ideas for upper elementary. Now, everything will really be applicable!
Congrats!! So excited for you. Can't wait to see how you decorate and organize your new room. I was recently told I'm getting my own room next year too and that'll be a first. I'm still fairly new, I've been co-teaching since April 2014.
I'm so so happy for you! I am starting in 5th grade next year (taught 6th grade before and then was a school counselor the last 2 years). I've loved your videos and your resources so much but now that you'll be in 4th grade I can barely contain my excitement!! CONGRATULATIONS!!
Yay! Omg! I'm so happy for you. Congratulations. I hope u can update us on your moving and keep vlogging. :) wish u all the best. Ur so awesome and I just love watching your videos.
Waiting is the worst part!! I'm waiting to hear back from an elementary school! It's been a week and I'm going crazy just waiting lol. Also congrats on your new job!!
I love the way you taught the main idea and key details ! I am or was an extremely hands on learner and had trouble understanding main idea and key details in school . But I was once taught this like how you taught it and BAM I got it and understand really well. I also want to be a teacher ( probably pre k -1st) I feel like I relate to you kids are much easier and less nerve wracking than adults ! Sometimes they listen better too haha!
Wow. You have so much love and passion. I remember a few month ago you slipped on Periscope & told me you were interested in 4th😉 I've been teaching 4th for about 12 years in NY. It's a great age group. I know you have many followers and yet I feel like you talk to only me in your videos. Keep showing your teacher planner set up!! Maybe we could pen pal our classrooms! Best wishes💕
Hahahahahaha! So glad you remembered that! I was in the process of getting the job then. I was pretty sure but I wanted to be official before I said anything.
Happy for you!! I am moving from 3rd back to 1st for the purity factor 😍. Fourth is fun though. The amazing ELA conversations will be awesome. You will just love the level of thinking and questioning you get to. Congrats again!!!
I just discovered you a few weeks ago and love your ideas, but I teach 4th grade and can't use some of your kinder ideas. I'm so excited to see what you do in fourth!!!
Yay! I have been following you for a little while now and have really loved the content you put up. I was actually thinking "ooh I love her ideas and I wonder what she would do if she taught 4th?" the last time I watched one of your videos. The reason being I am actually a 4th grade teacher in Texas! Next year will be my fifth year and I'll be teaching 4th grade math. I'm also a mommy and I have a two year old boy. 😀 This was actually my first year going back to work after having him and it almost felt like being a first year teacher! I would love to hear any tips or advice for working-mom/teacher. This was a really helpful video actually as we will have to move to Virginia for my husband's job here in the near future. Oh, and also I would totally be onboard with doing a PD book club. Congratulations on you new job!
You are an inspiration!! Absolutely love your videos. I'm going to school to be a teacher and am currently a pre-k paraprofessional. Watching this video was an eye opener to me about the certified process. Thank you for making this video!! Your passion is so obvious.. I envy you! Good luck to you and your family on your new adventure! ❤❤
You are so sweet. My anxiety makes it sound crazy! The worst is waiting but the process of interviewing and demo lesson was not bad at all. I was okay with that. I hated waiting and not knowing. That was hard.
I'm moving too. You speak straight to my heart! This last week of school is so hard. Unlike you though I don't have a job yet :( I definitely will use some of your ideas and tips!
Yay!!!!! Congrats on your new job! I teach ELA in 7th grade and I love it!!!! Can't wait to see your journey and how you transition between the grades!
Ah!!! How exciting! I taught fourth grade in California and South Carolina and had to go through getting certified in another state and the whole interviewing process ( demo lesson and all, it was actually a interviewing event with LOTS of teachers ) whew! I'm about to do it all again now in North Carolina and it's been a few years since the last time. Watching your video has made me nervous BUT excited and eager to get started! Argh! I've been outta the classroom for 3 years being mommy and military wife so having to do it all again is truly daunting! But I'm gonna continue watching cuz I need motivation and courage to drag me off my stay-at-home-mommy-butt! Wish me luck as I wish you luck on your move (packing and moving is standard for military, you're organized so you'll rock it!) and your transition to fourth grade (it's an AWESOME grade level: higher level of thinking and great content BUT not yet chaddy and "tweeny" acting👍🏼). I LOVE teaching 4th ELA standards! ❤️
Ahhhhh!!!! 🤗 you got me so pumped! I cannot wait to get started! Oh goodness you will be fine. Passion shows and be confident and you. I wish you the best of luck. Keep me posted!!!!
Wow this couldn't be a better video for me! Im currently going to school to be a teacher in Virginia. My husband will be going back to school for a job that may take us to Maine or California. So it is comforting to get an idea of what it may be like when we get to that situation.
CONGRATS on your job! I too am from PA and currently in the process of looking for a job! You gave me great tips and it is clear that you really have to be aggressive when looking for a teaching job. I will definitely take your advice!
i am SO excited you are teaching upper elementary! I have always loved your videos for orginization and management, but couldn't relate to kindergarten. I teach 5th ELA and will be starting my first year in a public school. I am so excited for you!
Hi! Congratulations on your new job! It's been very funny...I've been following you and watching your videos since the one you uploaded about your planner almost a year ago which I had(have) a similar one as well. As the videos came up, I found out about A LOT more things we have in common! And now to find out that you're originally from Texas too :) I am also moving, funny to say I have an interview tomorrow, keeping my fingers crossed. For the past 7 years I have been team teaching and taught ELA, from 1st to 2nd to 4th and just finished this school year in 3rd. You will love it! Your Main Idea lesson sounded great! Not sure what kind of testing they have in Pennsylvania??? At least you won't stress with the STAAR test taking place in Texas. Well, I wish you nothing but the very best! I'll keep watching, you have become my "on-screen" teacher friend where you just keep me saying "Yup! Been there, done that! Would have done it the same! Super cute! Awesome idea! I know right??!" etc, etc, etc :) Thank you for sharing!
+The Lettered Classroom hi! I'm actually on my way to the third part of this interview process! 😖 first 2, prescreening and model a lesson are done! Now to interview with the principal! Keeping my fingers crossed! Thank you for asking! 😁
Congratulations! I teach high school English, but I've adapted many of your ideas for my practice. Thank you for sharing your experiences and I'm looking forward to following you on your new adventure!
You are such an inspiration to me. I want to be a teacher as well once I grow up, and I hope I can be as good as a teacher that you are. Congratulations and I hope everything works out for you. 😊👍🏻
Just found your channel, and it has inspired me to vlog next year. I loved team teaching when I taught 4th grade, but I taught math and science/social studies. I hope you enjoy it as well.
Hearing about the interview process was very helpful. I will be student teaching this fall and the job search and interview process sounds daunting. Congrats on the new job and moving!
I'm so excited that you are moving to 4th Grade!! I love watching your videos and hearing all of the great tips you have. I'll be a first year teacher this year, and I will be teaching 5th Grade, so I am super excited that you will be vlogging more about upper grades!! (:
I'm currently considering getting my degree in middle childhood education (In my state it's considered grades 4-9), so I am excited to watch your journey in the middle childhood sector!
I am super excited for you! How awesome! I had to do a similar process when I moved from Arizona to Nevada. I'm not sure if you are doing a video on this.... But what are you doing to prepare for next year? I would love to know! Thank you for your awesome videos!
+The Lettered Classroom When do you start moving? I can't imagine how stressful moving to a new house, starting a new job in another grade level is ... that far from home ... with two small kids. I think it's even exhausting to move just a classroom to another one at the same school at the end of the year :D
Loved this video! Sooo excited for you and your family!! 😝 My 4th grade teacher made the biggest impact on my education, so you have a great opportunity to do the same with your new kids. ☺️ Can you do a video on tips for preparing a demo lesson, like a guide to setting it up and getting ideas based on standards?
+The Lettered Classroom You definitely can/will be! I can tell by your attitude and your passion for teaching, it's very similar. I'm in school to be a teacher as well and your videos are getting me so excited! Thank you for your amazing content. You have given me amazing ideas and so much motivation! 🤗
When does your next school year start in Pennsylvania? (BTW: I'm about to end my junior year of high school and will begin to apply to major in early childhood and elementary education in the summer. You inspire me so much and once I become a teacher I will definitely be using your videos as reference a lot! Please keep making videos. I look forward to new ones coming out every week!)
Congrats! I'd hire you, too. Just a quick note - you mentioned you have a 9 year old. As someone who has been teaching since before you were born, I want to give you a head's up. You will have a slightly different home/school separation as you will be teaching and hanging with 9 year old's all day and going home to 9 year old problems. There will be times when this overwhelms you - take a breath and give yourself down time. You own son will be a whole different person in a whole different age group in two years. It's the same for any teacher who teaches kids the same age as her own. My friends who teach K went through it, my friends who teach seniors went through it. It's a teacher staging thing. Keep breathing.
Yes, I completely understand. I started teaching when my older son was in kindergarten. We started kindergarten together and now we are starting fourth together. My younger one keeps me on my toes so I am welcoming the change. :) Thanks!
Btw - I think you're absolutely fabulous. I'm 15 and I started working as a teachers assistant at my church and I was brought on staff. I think i want to be an elementary teacher and I live in Alabama too! But in mobile the salary is like 30k or less so I'd have to teach in Baldwin county. Thoughts?
Wow congratulations. Thanks for sharing your secret. You seem very happy thats good. I just had an interview for a school a few days ago. Should I email the principal just to remind her of me? I always feel like I am bothering people when I do that sort of thing.
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Wonderful news! what a lucky school to get an amazing teacher like you! Can't wait to see your journey!
You are so sweet! I am very excited.
Yay! Please take us along on your transition to teaching 4th grade
Of course. I'm excited to share what it is really like for teachers over the summer.
Congratulations on your new job and move! Welcome to the North East. I teach 3rd grade and love it! I know you will love those 4th graders.
Congrats! I am a huge planner. Now that you are switching schools/states, I would love to see a video on things new teachers/recent graduates/teachers switching schools can do over summer to prepare for their future classroom. Maybe ideas of things to buy, templates to prepare, websites to check out, etc. It would me the world to me:)
So many great suggestions! I have them written down. Thank you.
Sooo excited for you! I'm from PA and am in my last year of getting my bachelor's in Elementary! Thank you SO much for explaining the hunting/hiring process and how to move because I want to move down south after teaching in PA for a few years. PA is a big state, but if you set up a meet & greet, i DEFINITELY want to be there :) congratulations again
I love the sound of your demo lesson! You are so clever with that suitcase!!! You are my inspiration, best of luck at your new job.
Thank you so much! It took two and half weeks to get my lesson perfect.
Congratulations!!!! I'm from Western PA, an hour north of Pittsburgh, but I'm currently teaching 1st grade in Central Texas! I'm so happy for you!
Congratulations! I moved from Huntsville, Alabama to teach 4th grade in Toledo, Ohio this year. I am so glad I took the chance. My husband left his job to come with me and has done so much better for himself here. I hope you enjoy it just as much.
Thank you for your kind words. Everything will be great. I just know it!
This is so crazy. I literally had the same thing happen. I teach in California . I was in the market for a new job and was offered a demo lesson (same grade same standard). I didn't do a suitcase but I brought a box for movie night that we looked at. I had to do a collaboration after that and then I was offered the job. I also will be teaching ELA in 4th. Congrats!!!
Welcome to Pennsylvania! I was born and raised here in PA, and I have been watching you for a little while and completely look up to you and learn so much from your videos. I am so excited for you and your family to go on this journey together, and wish you the best of luck!!
I would love to see the whole process of this transition! Thanks for sharing! You will do great as a 4th Grade Teacher!
I plan on vlogging more over the summer. Thank you so much for your kind words.
Hey! Congratulations! Those 4th graders are incredibly lucky to have someone as passionate and detail-oriented as you! Good luck with moving and getting acclimatised to your new space. Keep us posted and keep the videos coming. You inspire me. Love from India.
Thank you for your kind words. I am very excited about the job. I can't wait to get in and decorate my room.
Wow! Congratulations, Bridget! I'm so excited and happy for you! I can't wait to see all your ideas and content for teaching fourth grade as I'm waiting to see if I'll get a fourth grade teaching position here in Hawaii. Thank you for being an amazing virtual mentor for me and many others! Sending lots of love and best wishes as you move on to this new journey.
I'm so happy for you! I have one more year left before I graduate with my Elementary Ed degree! I'm so excited!
house tours!!!!! that would be so great
I teach in PA. Welcome to our lovely state!
Thank you 😊 I am so excited.
Congratulations Bridget! It is obvious you are an amazing teacher and you will only do great things.
Thank you. You are so sweet.
Congratulations! That sounds like a long and stressful process, so glad you got a job you're excited about!
I am doing my final semester of student teaching this fall in an ELA fifth grade classroom in Illinois, so I will graduate in December. I can officially start applying for jobs the first day of my student teaching semester, and you gave me so many tips. Thank you so much. I immediately subscribed after the video.
I was excited when you described your demonstration lesson, because I did one very similar for one of my formal lessons. I was helping my students review test taking strategies for PARCC testing, and you are right about students struggling with main idea and key details because even fifth graders struggle with finding key details at times.
I am also excited for you having a fourth grade ELA class. Language arts is my passion, and I enjoy the upper elementary grades learning about it. I can't wait to follow you on your journey.
I'm truly blessed by this video! I've been praying that God would help me develop a greater excellence in my own teaching career and you practically embody what I've been striving for! I love that you went in an knew your purpose and plan and you did not deter from that. This has truly motivated me to excel; to go above and beyond (I wouldn't have thought about taking screen shots to show that you had something completed, nor would I have thought about having pictures of the anchor charts and student materials for the demonstration lesson)! Thank you for this video! I'm not planning on moving or going to a new school but this has encouraged me to be more organized, to expect more from myself than what is required. I feel more invigorated to go back and teach my kinders this school year!
Way to go. I'm officially teaching fourth grade next year as well after a few years as a middle school teacher. I love that age group, and I think you will really enjoy them.
I just finished my first semester of student teaching and I found your channel. I absolutely love your videos and find you so inspirational! Your enthusiasm is contagious and you make me even more excited to be a teacher. I wish you so much good luck!
Omg thanks for sharing how u got the job and the interview process... It was very helpful. Good luck with your new adventure 💕
Yayyyyy!!!! Omg Bridget I am so excited for you and your family!!!! That is awesome! You are a phenomenal teacher. Keep up the amazing work, I will be looking forward to watching your videos (as usual). Welcome to the North ( I am in New Jersey) :-)
Congratulations on your new job! You sound so excited and positive - they are lucky to have you! In England when we apply for teaching posts, we have to teach a lesson in front of the head teacher, deputy head teacher, head of department and there could be teaching assistants in the class too! If they're happy with your lesson then you'll be put through to the next round which is interviews! I know of some schools where a panel of kids will talk to you too and they will feedback to senior leadship! It is crazy stressful.
Oh my goodness. I would be so stressed out! Thanks for sharing. I love seeing what everyone else does.
+The Lettered Classroom It is so interesting hearing how different things are!
Awesome! can't wait to see your vids in 4th. I've never had to do a demo lesson. OMG...nerve-wrecking!
Welcome to Pennsylvania! I've been teaching fourth grade in PA for 12 years. I hope you have a positive experience as you transition. For me it has been the best grade to teach. I cannot wait to see your new videos!
Yay! Thank you.
Congratulations!!! I am so happy for you. I can't wait to see your new journey. You are truly an amazing teacher, you'll do awesome in four grade. I just graduated college and you inspire me so much. Best of luck with your new adventure!
Congratulations! I'll miss taking some of your Kindergarten ideas to use for my classroom, but I look forward to seeing how I can use some of your 4th grade lessons in modification for my firsties :) I, too, have been applying for a different position. Can you show how you did your demo lesson plan? My school is lenient on how we write our plans, so I'm interested to see how you wrote out the lesson details to give to the principal. :) Be well!
Congratulations! As soon as I saw Big Secret I knew you were moving to Pennsylvania! I am excited to watch you move along with me this summer!
So fun! Yay! I'm very excited. This is so great for my family 😊
So excited for you! I was wondering if you could make a video, touching the subject of interview questions and the best way to answer them? Hope moving is super smooth and easy!
I am psyched for you. Congrats! Great showing of the entire process of applying, interviewing, etc. Also, I love that you will be a 4th gr teacher because I, too, am a 4th gr teacher. I have followed your RUclips channel and have just adapted your strategies and ideas for upper elementary. Now, everything will really be applicable!
🤗 yay! Yes. I'm excited to have multiple perspectives. I will continue to see how I will make it applicable for both levels.
Congratulations! That is very exciting! I'm gonna miss your kinder videos!!
Awwww me too! Kindergarten is sweet but I'm excited about the potential in fourth.
Congrats!! So excited for you. Can't wait to see how you decorate and organize your new room. I was recently told I'm getting my own room next year too and that'll be a first. I'm still fairly new, I've been co-teaching since April 2014.
I'm so so happy for you! I am starting in 5th grade next year (taught 6th grade before and then was a school counselor the last 2 years). I've loved your videos and your resources so much but now that you'll be in 4th grade I can barely contain my excitement!! CONGRATULATIONS!!
Thank you!
Yay! Omg! I'm so happy for you. Congratulations. I hope u can update us on your moving and keep vlogging. :) wish u all the best. Ur so awesome and I just love watching your videos.
Congratulations Bridget! Excited and very happy for you :)
Thank you. I can't wait!
Waiting is the worst part!! I'm waiting to hear back from an elementary school! It's been a week and I'm going crazy just waiting lol. Also congrats on your new job!!
raquelrocksful did you get the Job?
Cody Otasowie I did (:
raquelrocksful congrats ! I'm a sophomore in college and I've given the thought of becoming a teacher probably a high school history teacher.
Congratulations! Your demo lesson sounds awesome! I like the idea of using your suitcase! Very clever!
Thank you! I will share it in more detail soon.
Congratulations on your new adventure! God Bless You and Your Family!
Thank you so much!
Congrats on the new job! Can't wait to see your new adventures!
I love the way you taught the main idea and key details ! I am or was an extremely hands on learner and had trouble understanding main idea and key details in school . But I was once taught this like how you taught it and BAM I got it and understand really well. I also want to be a teacher ( probably pre k -1st) I feel like I relate to you kids are much easier and less nerve wracking than adults ! Sometimes they listen better too haha!
Wow. You have so much love and passion. I remember a few month ago you slipped on Periscope & told me you were interested in 4th😉 I've been teaching 4th for about 12 years in NY. It's a great age group. I know you have many followers and yet I feel like you talk to only me in your videos. Keep showing your teacher planner set up!! Maybe we could pen pal our classrooms! Best wishes💕
Hahahahahaha! So glad you remembered that! I was in the process of getting the job then. I was pretty sure but I wanted to be official before I said anything.
Happy for you!! I am moving from 3rd back to 1st for the purity factor 😍. Fourth is fun though. The amazing ELA conversations will be awesome. You will just love the level of thinking and questioning you get to. Congrats again!!!
You make me so excited to become a teacher. :)
I just discovered you a few weeks ago and love your ideas, but I teach 4th grade and can't use some of your kinder ideas. I'm so excited to see what you do in fourth!!!
Yay! I have been following you for a little while now and have really loved the content you put up. I was actually thinking "ooh I love her ideas and I wonder what she would do if she taught 4th?" the last time I watched one of your videos. The reason being I am actually a 4th grade teacher in Texas! Next year will be my fifth year and I'll be teaching 4th grade math. I'm also a mommy and I have a two year old boy. 😀 This was actually my first year going back to work after having him and it almost felt like being a first year teacher! I would love to hear any tips or advice for working-mom/teacher. This was a really helpful video actually as we will have to move to Virginia for my husband's job here in the near future. Oh, and also I would totally be onboard with doing a PD book club. Congratulations on you new job!
You are an inspiration!! Absolutely love your videos. I'm going to school to be a teacher and am currently a pre-k paraprofessional. Watching this video was an eye opener to me about the certified process. Thank you for making this video!! Your passion is so obvious.. I envy you! Good luck to you and your family on your new adventure! ❤❤
You are so sweet. My anxiety makes it sound crazy! The worst is waiting but the process of interviewing and demo lesson was not bad at all. I was okay with that. I hated waiting and not knowing. That was hard.
I'm moving too. You speak straight to my heart! This last week of school is so hard. Unlike you though I don't have a job yet :( I definitely will use some of your ideas and tips!
Best of luck to you! Stay positive and be aggressive.
I love your excitement. I am an alternative teach cert and enjoy your videos.
Yay!!!!! Congrats on your new job! I teach ELA in 7th grade and I love it!!!! Can't wait to see your journey and how you transition between the grades!
Ah!!! How exciting! I taught fourth grade in California and South Carolina and had to go through getting certified in another state and the whole interviewing process ( demo lesson and all, it was actually a interviewing event with LOTS of teachers ) whew! I'm about to do it all again now in North Carolina and it's been a few years since the last time. Watching your video has made me nervous BUT excited and eager to get started! Argh! I've been outta the classroom for 3 years being mommy and military wife so having to do it all again is truly daunting! But I'm gonna continue watching cuz I need motivation and courage to drag me off my stay-at-home-mommy-butt! Wish me luck as I wish you luck on your move (packing and moving is standard for military, you're organized so you'll rock it!) and your transition to fourth grade (it's an AWESOME grade level: higher level of thinking and great content BUT not yet chaddy and "tweeny" acting👍🏼). I LOVE teaching 4th ELA standards! ❤️
Ahhhhh!!!! 🤗 you got me so pumped! I cannot wait to get started! Oh goodness you will be fine. Passion shows and be confident and you. I wish you the best of luck. Keep me posted!!!!
Wow this couldn't be a better video for me! Im currently going to school to be a teacher in Virginia. My husband will be going back to school for a job that may take us to Maine or California. So it is comforting to get an idea of what it may be like when we get to that situation.
Oh wow! That sounds great! You will do great. Stay positive and be aggressive.
Congratulations!! I'm loving from 2nd to 4th next year so it will be nice to follow you as we both transition. 😊
Congratulations! I am excited for you! I look forward to following your journey.
Thank you!
Great tips! I'll have to keep these in mind for when I complete school! Best wishes!
I teach 4th grade ELA. Can't wait to see what awesome ideas you have for older kids!!!! Congratulations
Thank you!
Congrats to you and your family! Good luck on the new school year.😊
CONGRATS on your job! I too am from PA and currently in the process of looking for a job! You gave me great tips and it is clear that you really have to be aggressive when looking for a teaching job. I will definitely take your advice!
Yay! Thank you! Best of luck to you. Glad I was able to help.
i am SO excited you are teaching upper elementary! I have always loved your videos for orginization and management, but couldn't relate to kindergarten. I teach 5th ELA and will be starting my first year in a public school. I am so excited for you!
Hi! Congratulations on your new job! It's been very funny...I've been following you and watching your videos since the one you uploaded about your planner almost a year ago which I had(have) a similar one as well. As the videos came up, I found out about A LOT more things we have in common! And now to find out that you're originally from Texas too :) I am also moving, funny to say I have an interview tomorrow, keeping my fingers crossed. For the past 7 years I have been team teaching and taught ELA, from 1st to 2nd to 4th and just finished this school year in 3rd. You will love it! Your Main Idea lesson sounded great! Not sure what kind of testing they have in Pennsylvania??? At least you won't stress with the STAAR test taking place in Texas. Well, I wish you nothing but the very best! I'll keep watching, you have become my "on-screen" teacher friend where you just keep me saying "Yup! Been there, done that! Would have done it the same! Super cute! Awesome idea! I know right??!" etc, etc, etc :) Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for your sweet comment. I love hearing about my viewers! how did the interview go?
+The Lettered Classroom hi! I'm actually on my way to the third part of this interview process! 😖 first 2, prescreening and model a lesson are done! Now to interview with the principal! Keeping my fingers crossed! Thank you for asking! 😁
This is such great advice for the application process!
Congratulations! I teach high school English, but I've adapted many of your ideas for my practice. Thank you for sharing your experiences and I'm looking forward to following you on your new adventure!
I am so glad that you find them useful. Thank you.
Congratulations on the new job!
I know this vlog is a year old, but thank you so much for sharing your journey. you're very inspiring. ❤️
+Yvonne Pina 😍 Thank you so much!
You will do an amazing job! I am so excited and happy for you!
Thank you!
Congrats! You are a brave soul to switch grade levels. Thanks so much for sharing! Can't wait to see what's in store for year.
I am so excited about moving fade levels. It will keep me thinking and challenge me 😊
You are such an inspiration to me. I want to be a teacher as well once I grow up, and I hope I can be as good as a teacher that you are. Congratulations and I hope everything works out for you. 😊👍🏻
You are so sweet! Thank you.
Congratulations to you and your family! I hope everything goes well!!!
Thank you so much! I have a feeling it will be fantastic!
I am just coming out of my first year of teaching 4th grade ELA. Hope you enjoy your year!
Just found your channel, and it has inspired me to vlog next year. I loved team teaching when I taught 4th grade, but I taught math and science/social studies. I hope you enjoy it as well.
Yay! I am already loving it! My teamie is AMAZING!
Congratulations! This is the first year I team taught and I loved it! I teach ELA in first grade.
I did it during my internship and I really enjoyed it. Excited to really experience it this year.
Hearing about the interview process was very helpful. I will be student teaching this fall and the job search and interview process sounds daunting. Congrats on the new job and moving!
It's not bad. The waiting is the worst but I have awful anxiety.
Congratulations!
I'm so excited that you are moving to 4th Grade!! I love watching your videos and hearing all of the great tips you have. I'll be a first year teacher this year, and I will be teaching 5th Grade, so I am super excited that you will be vlogging more about upper grades!! (:
Yay! That's wonderful. I can't wait to see what is in store
Congrats and thanks for sharing this with us!!
Thank you!
I'm currently considering getting my degree in middle childhood education (In my state it's considered grades 4-9), so I am excited to watch your journey in the middle childhood sector!
Congratulations on your job!! And good luck with your move! I really enjoyed this video!
Thank you!
congrats! what a long process! in scotland all we do is an interview. we get told the same day if we got the job and thats it. x
Wow that is so interesting. Love not having to stress about it.
I am super excited for you! How awesome! I had to do a similar process when I moved from Arizona to Nevada. I'm not sure if you are doing a video on this.... But what are you doing to prepare for next year? I would love to know! Thank you for your awesome videos!
Congrats on your new position!
Thank you!
Congratulations!! :) so exciting! I will be looking for my first teaching job soon! Happy to hear about the applying process!
Yay! Thank you! I wish you the best of luck!
These are exciting news!
Are your boys looking forward to the new home?
I hope you tell us everything about the move and your new job!
Sarah
Lots of vlogs will come soon. Currently trying to survive the end of the year 😁 so much to do so little time to do it.
+The Lettered Classroom When do you start moving?
I can't imagine how stressful moving to a new house, starting a new job in another grade level is ... that far from home ... with two small kids.
I think it's even exhausting to move just a classroom to another one at the same school at the end of the year :D
I'm so excited that you are teaching upper elementary!!! I will be able to use even more tips from you since I teach 5th!!!!!!!
Yay! So excited!
Loved this video! Sooo excited for you and your family!! 😝 My 4th grade teacher made the biggest impact on my education, so you have a great opportunity to do the same with your new kids. ☺️ Can you do a video on tips for preparing a demo lesson, like a guide to setting it up and getting ideas based on standards?
Yes! Absolutely! This really made my day. I hope to be that for a student one day.
+The Lettered Classroom You definitely can/will be! I can tell by your attitude and your passion for teaching, it's very similar. I'm in school to be a teacher as well and your videos are getting me so excited! Thank you for your amazing content. You have given me amazing ideas and so much motivation! 🤗
Congrats!!!
Thank you.
Congratulations!!
Thank you.
When does your next school year start in Pennsylvania?
(BTW: I'm about to end my junior year of high school and will begin to apply to major in early childhood and elementary education in the summer. You inspire me so much and once I become a teacher I will definitely be using your videos as reference a lot! Please keep making videos. I look forward to new ones coming out every week!)
I'm excited for the vlogs 😍😜🤓
🤗 they are coming!!!!
How exciting!!!
I know it!!!! My mind is racing with all things fourth grade.
Congratulations!! Can u do a video on a model way tocwriteca lesson plan? So happy for u!
CONGRATS!!!!!!
Thank you!
Congratulations!!! 4th grade is so fun
🤗 can't wait!
Congrats! I'd hire you, too. Just a quick note - you mentioned you have a 9 year old. As someone who has been teaching since before you were born, I want to give you a head's up. You will have a slightly different home/school separation as you will be teaching and hanging with 9 year old's all day and going home to 9 year old problems. There will be times when this overwhelms you - take a breath and give yourself down time. You own son will be a whole different person in a whole different age group in two years. It's the same for any teacher who teaches kids the same age as her own. My friends who teach K went through it, my friends who teach seniors went through it. It's a teacher staging thing. Keep breathing.
Yes, I completely understand. I started teaching when my older son was in kindergarten. We started kindergarten together and now we are starting fourth together. My younger one keeps me on my toes so I am welcoming the change. :) Thanks!
Btw - I think you're absolutely fabulous. I'm 15 and I started working as a teachers assistant at my church and I was brought on staff. I think i want to be an elementary teacher and I live in Alabama too! But in mobile the salary is like 30k or less so I'd have to teach in Baldwin county. Thoughts?
that's a cute lesson!
congratulations
Wow congratulations. Thanks for sharing your secret. You seem very happy thats good. I just had an interview for a school a few days ago. Should I email the principal just to remind her of me? I always feel like I am bothering people when I do that sort of thing.
Absolutely. Email and attach your resume. Make it personable and comment on something they said. Best of luck to you!
Thank you so much. I will do. Best to you as well with your new school and thank you for replying.
You took the PECT right? How was it??
How do you draw anchor charts? Can you post a video on that?
I will put it into a vlog for you 👍🏻😊