Just a short post today. This is a busy week with a lot going on.
I am so excited to share my 100th resource in my TpT Store! I didn't even realize I was at that number until I looked over my statistics page! I began selling on TpT in 2012 and it was slow going. It took about a year to gain momentum and since January 2014 I have not gone a month without a sale. I am not at the level of some of the incredible teacher-authors on there but every little bit I have earned has helped. What gives me more satisfaction is that so many people have purchased my resources and the valuable feedback I've gotten. It feels really good to know that other kids get to use my resources and it is helping them learn and enjoy music.
Monday, September 25, 2017
Thursday, January 26, 2017
CMEA 2017 - Day 1
To Begin:
As always the first person I run into is my cooperating teacher from my student teaching days. When he asks, as he always does about where I'm at, it only then dawns on me how much I've done in 10 years. 4 different charter schools, 4 different music programs developed, ELL certification, Professional Licensures, WMD, and Orff training; it's a lot, and most of it in the last 5 years.
I also ran into my other cooperating teacher (the drama that was my student teaching experience does not need to be explained) asked me the same questions about where I was and what I was doing. Both were genuinely shocked that I was not an elementary teacher when I had worked with them as a band student teacher. and so was I when I came to the realization that I enjoyed it more.
Both of them asked me the same question "are you happy?" Had I come to CMEA last year my answer would have been no. I probably would have said yes, but with hesitation, but this year I was able to confidently say yes without any doubt. I keep saying it: the kids are happy, they are making leaps and bounds in their academic growth, my workload is less, everyone is happy with what I'm doing. While I loved my old school the middle schoolers were wearing me down on top of the hormonal swings I had experienced since my two stillbirths and subsequent surgery, I was shocked to want to make the change to elementary. But Orff is magical and I can't get enough of it.
Shameless Plug for my TpT Store!
It has been 3 years since I attended the CMEA Conference. I was excited to read the list of clinicians and knew I had to get back. And it just so happened that if fell on two days where I wouldn't need to make sub plans. Today at school was a half day so I wouldn't be teaching, and tomorrow is a data day for staff so it worked out perfectly.
As always the first person I run into is my cooperating teacher from my student teaching days. When he asks, as he always does about where I'm at, it only then dawns on me how much I've done in 10 years. 4 different charter schools, 4 different music programs developed, ELL certification, Professional Licensures, WMD, and Orff training; it's a lot, and most of it in the last 5 years.
I also ran into my other cooperating teacher (the drama that was my student teaching experience does not need to be explained) asked me the same questions about where I was and what I was doing. Both were genuinely shocked that I was not an elementary teacher when I had worked with them as a band student teacher. and so was I when I came to the realization that I enjoyed it more.
Both of them asked me the same question "are you happy?" Had I come to CMEA last year my answer would have been no. I probably would have said yes, but with hesitation, but this year I was able to confidently say yes without any doubt. I keep saying it: the kids are happy, they are making leaps and bounds in their academic growth, my workload is less, everyone is happy with what I'm doing. While I loved my old school the middle schoolers were wearing me down on top of the hormonal swings I had experienced since my two stillbirths and subsequent surgery, I was shocked to want to make the change to elementary. But Orff is magical and I can't get enough of it.
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