I am a public school pre-kindergarten teacher, somewhere in flyover-land. I work mornings with a classroom of delightful children, 4 of whom have been identified as having special needs of one sort or another.
When I was in college I had no idea I would end up as a teacher, so I majored in History. A few years after college, I was complaining about my job, when a very good friend turned to me and said, “Why don’t you be a teacher?”
That was it — my lightbulb moment. After that I went to grad school and got a master’s degree in early childhood education. I started off in daycare, but moved to an urban public school district within a few years, and taught kindergarten for many years. Now I teach pre-kindergarten, and I love it.
My school is not doing well under NCLB, so last year we began a program to improve our teaching, and thus hopefully improve the children’s test scores. I am a mentor under that program, in addition to my teaching responsibilities.
All names have been changed — and all my students are named after children’s book characters. To see who’s who, check my “cast of characters” page. In addition, some identifying details have been changed to protect people’s privacy. For more information about my blog, see this post.
Kudos to your getting your masters in Early Education. Your dedication to the Pre-K/K set will make a difference!
I’m glad I found this blog. I plan on having my pre-service teachers keep tabs on it.
Nice to meet you. Cheers to 2008-2009!
I am so pleased to have found your blog. I will be sharing your site with my ECE students. Best wishes for a wonderful 2008-09 school year!
What a wonderful resource. I am so very happy that I happened upon your blog. Happy spring.
I am a public school teacher and I think your blog is beautiful in words and in aesthetics. How did you design such a gorgeous layout? I can’t wait to enter a new school year with your thoughtful posts!
Ashlie,
Thanks, but I didn’t design it. It was one of the options from wordpress.com. Glad you like it, though, and welcome to my blog!
Kiri
Wow! you are singing my songs of preK. I’m reading this and worrying (again? after 30 something years?) about starting a new year, on Monday! thanks for your blog!
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Truly enjoyed your site. I teach music to K – 6th in an inner city school. I love it, but the little ones really put a cramp in my style, seeing as how they don’t read and sometimes just fall out of their chairs for no reason
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thanks, menopausemom. I’m glad you have enjoyed the site. Thanks for commenting!