Saturday, May 1, 2010

Mercer Elementary School


One of my goals this summer is to find a teaching job anywhere in the state of Pennsylvania. Yesterday was the first big step in doing so, I had my first interview at Mercer Elementary School where I graduated from in 1999. As soon as i stepped on the property, everything was completely different in the ten year span I had been inside of the building. It was newly renovated and from the outside looked like a completely different school.


As I waited in the office and was reading an automated letter they give to all interviewees, a little girl to be around the age of 4 comes into the office with her mom. She immediately took the seat right next to me and took an immediate interest in me. Before long, she was sitting on the chair beside me as I was going over a flip chart of fractions that I had in my portfolio. In all honesty, I was looking through a large glass window expecting there to be 3 adults with a clipboard taking notes on me as if I was getting interviewed without even knowing.


Overall, the interview I felt was very successful for being my very first one. I answered most questions very well and gave the school district a good idea of what kind of teacher and person they would be hiring if they selected me. Like any interview, there were things I wished I would have explained in more details, but overall it was successful.


I have very mixed feelings about going back to my home town to teach, but I think it is an amazing place to start at. I could see myself teaching here for a very long time if I do acquire the job, but time will tell.

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