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Jersey girl moving south for TFA
[Disclaimer: This entire entry was basically written to make me feel better. I think I did pretty well on my interviews, but I always have a lot of self doubt about stuff like this and think it over WAY too much.]
That’s basically how I’m feeling right now. I’ve just finished up my first week of interviews with middle schools down in NC. I had two skype interviews and one over the phone. All three were very different.
My first interview was with a charter school in the area. Going into this week, that was the one I was least excited about. I’ve never been extremely fond of charter schools, but I did a lot of background reading before it to be more knowledgeable and excited. The school leader (or, as most people know them as – principals) is a TFA alum. She was…
Our first round of early placement interviewing starts this week. ENC has two rounds of phone/skype interviews before induction, a full day of interviewing before we leave for Institute, and then more phone/skype interviews during Institute if we haven’t been placed yet. I have three interviews this week, all with middle schools. When I was…
read more »With the beautiful, summer like weather we’ve been having recently in Jersey, it’s really beginning to feel like the semester is winding down. Midterms are over, spring break has past, and there are 7 short weeks until the final exam of my undergraduate career. Which means I’ve been thinking about TFA a lot more. I…
read more »Just a quick post on something I’ve been lamenting on for a while, but was just really brought to light by a friend of mine yesterday. It’s about keeping the balance between TFA and whatever else is going on in your life (school, family, friends, health, etc). As a 2012 CM, I haven’t really begun…
read more »As midterms begin and sprin break is only a few (extremely long) days away, the reality is hitting that I’ll be out of here soon and finally on to a new chapter of my life. ENC just had a conference call on placement, and our first round of interviews start the last week of March.…
read more »I have finally gotten my score reports for both the Middle School Math (0069) and Elementary Education: Instructional Practice and Applications (5015). For Math, I passed with flying colors for both NJ and NC (which is significantly lower than Jersey). I wasn’t worried about that one at all, because I’ve been a math tutor on…
read more »I feel like that’s all I’m doing right now. Waiting for spring break, waiting for this semester to end, waiting for graduation, waiting to move down to NC, waiting for head out to Tulsa…waiting, waiting, waiting. I’m also STILL waiting for my Praxis scores. I took them about 3 and 4 weeks ago, but because…
read more »There are 97 days until I walk across a stage and receive my diploma. Actually, I believe I’ll stand up in our football stadium with the other 7,000+ students who are graduating and have my diploma mailed to me later. That’s typically how it goes at larger schools. But, whatever, the point remains the same.…
read more »I took full advantage of my only full week at my parents house to get in some classroom observations. My mom’s principal got me board approval to come observe in their middle school. I was supposed to go in for a day or two before break, but a massive stomach virus epidemic hit the school…
read more »Haven’t posted in a while because I was caught up in finals, family time, and holiday parties. Now that I’ve had a chance to calm down and catch up, I’ve started studying for the Praxis. I hate standardized testing, in case you haven’t picked up on that in my previous post =) But actually, I…
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