About Me – Page 2 – Jack of All Trades

VBS… Taking it to the Classroom…

leslie August 3, 2011 1 Comment

Sorry I have not posted since this weekend! I am decorating our church for VBS (Panda Mania) and the whole time, I am thinking..."EWWWW.... this would be AWESOME for a jungle theme!!!" or "I wonder if there is enough brown paper to make a reading tree at school..." I have fallen in love with Soji screens... so wonderful at masking all the mess! Anyway.... thats what I am up to...

Opportunity Knocks!

leslie August 1, 2011 1 Comment

Today I received the most FAB-U-LOUS emails from Rebecca and Tara at 4th Grade Frolics asking me to be a Contributor to the blogand I must say that I am soooooo flattered and excited to be posting on this awesome site!!! Please come by and check out what the other 5 very creative teachers are making for their class and home!You can also catch them on their regular blogs:I am sure I will...

CH 7. Heaven Sent

leslie July 22, 2011 4 Comments

This past school year was just that... Heaven Sent, and don't get me wrong- I have had wonderful students in the past... I loved them all... but this group, my homeroom and even the other 60 kids I taught, were heaven sent kids.I spent last summer(2010) preparing so much for being a fourth grade writing and science teacher. After all, my kids were going to take the Writing TAKS test for the first...

CH 6. Let Her Eat Cake!

leslie July 21, 2011 0 Comments

I had 2 days to get one of two principals to take a chance on me and offer me a contract, and they both did; however, I picked an elementary school where one of my best friends was teaching fourth grade. I too was offered a fourth grade Math/Science position. The hard part now was finishing out the year from March-May, especially when my students were starting to plan their schedule...

CH 5. Prayers

leslie July 20, 2011 0 Comments

The Monday after spring break 2009... a day that I will never ever forget.It was my conference time.. 10:30, and the head principal called me into his office. I thought this was a little odd since the principal that I always reported to was the freshman principal---my class was in the freshman wing of the school. So I went over there... all smiles, not worried, after all I had just...

CH 4 Living a Dream for 8 months

leslie July 19, 2011 2 Comments

When I became one of the 4 high school art teachers, I was in love. I had a new room, with tons of storage, a closet, and even a new kiln. I was going to rock this year! My kids were going to love my class and all of them were going to go off to college to study art... that was my thinking/dreaming.I was a little hesitant of teaching high schoolers though. I was 26 at the...

CH 3. Becoming a Jack of Trades

leslie July 18, 2011 0 Comments

I was intimidated by fourth grade Science-- I had to make sure these kids were ready for the 5th grade test. Fortunately, we had a great program called AIMS that I really researched and tested the lessons to find what I liked, and soon enough I became "the science person" on our campus. Do you remember me saying that in my interview another teacher asked me about teaching factors...

CH 2. Bombing Interviews

leslie July 16, 2011 2 Comments

I put myself out there. Went to administration offices then to just meet principals (not formal interviews) to just do a meet and greet. The 2005-2006 school year was not over, but I wanted to give anyone I could my resume and a face to put with it. When I went to a principal and told her how I wanted to incorporate Art into the main subject areas she literally said to me,...

CH 1. God’s Plan is NOT My Plan

leslie July 15, 2011 0 Comments

HIS PLAN IS BETTER!!Now it took me a LOOOONG time to realize this fact... and sometimes I have to remind myself of this when things don't go my way. Here is how I got to where I am... I knew I wanted to be teacher all my life. Who knows how many kids I tortured in the summer playing "school," and when I went to Jr. High I knew I wanted to be a High School ART teacher. I had...