YEAH! They Really Like Me!

As most of you know that teachers are on a one year contract until the end of our
4th year. Which means that every year for the next 4 years they can say for no reason that they do not want me back the following year and I am without a job. By law, they have to give 60 days notice before the end of the school year whether or not they will keep you or not. Myself plus 2 other new teachers in the same grade level as me have been patiently waiting to hear the verdict for next year and today was that day. One of us Third Grade teachers will have to move to a different grade level to keep our jobs, but I WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR! I have the option of possibly moving up to the 4th grade, down to the 2nd grade or saying in 3rd. I am planning on staying in the 3rd grade if it goes as planned. It seems to be the most secure. That means I will not have to learn new curriculum and all of that fun stuff.

So, this means unfortunately that I will we a working Mommy for at least 1 more year. Brent and I have talked about the future and what would happen. If I got to keep my job than great. The job feel into my lap, so to give it up now might be education suicide. Elementary jobs do not come very easy, because there are so many people going to school for this and right now there are not a lot of job openings in this area. That is until the older teachers retire. If I was not offered the job next year, Brent and I decided that I would just stay home and be a stay at home Mommy. Everything happens for a reason, so I guess this is what is in store for me.

So, to celebrate my job, Josie and I are going to go shopping tomorrow. Not for me, I wish, but for Josie. She is growing like a weed and have NO shoes can you believe that.