Follow me on my journey to become a high school science teacher in a high-needs school in New York City. I hope to post lesson plan ideas as well as the everyday trials and tribulations of working in the forever changing school system.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The beginning (sort of) of a new journey!

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!