I am beginning a new journey in life; the journey to become a high school science (biology) teacher. When I reflected on my time teaching in Vietnam I realized my month in Ho Chi Minh City had a common theme- I did not stop smiling. If I had the opportunity to do something that made me this happy for the rest of my life why wouldn't I take it? So my career trajectory has changed from medicine to education. I found an amazing program through Queens College called SPIRITAS. The goal of the program is to develop highly effective science teachers for high-need schools in New York City.
I started taking classes in June and continued throughout the entire summer, including a residency at the New York Hall of Science. Now during the fall semester, I am taking classes and completing my initial clinical experience (observing in schools).
I plan to use this blog to post lesson ideas (both things that I thought worked really well and ways to improve lessons that did not go so well), and document my journey to obtaining my first real job!
