I got a job!!!
I'm so darn excited that it's silly. 
It's in the school I subbed in all spring semester, and while it's a school that's in trouble of closing, I have a good feeling. We're turning the school around bit by bit (it's definitely not the teachers' faults at all!), and with the new supt, I think it's going to be a good year.
Of course, I don't know what English I'm teaching, there probably aren't any Spanish materials of any kind anywhere in the building, and I don't know what classroom I have yet, but I have a job!!
I get to finally join the union!!!!
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I've been trying to get a full-time teaching job for three years now after the divorce, and while I've had a good time subbing and being a parapro-level writing coach for a year and a half at the alternative high school, it's just not the same as being a classroom teacher with my own room.
The burn out is off the charts (I had 7 preps last spring, but our art teacher had 10, so I couldn't complain too loudly), and there's a real antagonism between the principal and the teachers. He really doesn't respect us, but what would we expect from someone who's never taught? 
He's usually good at hiding it, but then it comes out in the darndest ways. Don't get me started on the seriously stupid lesson plan template we're all to use.
These teachers have been PD'd to death (we have PD for 3.5 hours every other Wednesday, some even during our weekly staff meetings, and more set-aside times during the year), and the reality is, they know their stuff. I've already learned a lot from them, and I hope to keep learning more. They're tired, burnt out, and they're still there doing quality work.
Nice to see you!
