What’s Up
Comments: 0 - Date: November 29th, 2007 - Categories: Personal ramblings
So, I’ve finished my principal certification courses and field experience hours. Woo-hoo! I am registered to take the test December 8 (don’t even ask about the emergency registration fees…okay, do….they’re outrageous). Why did I pay almost the entire test fee in emergency registration fees? I didn’t want to wait until February. See, my fabulous husband has convinced me to start a doctorate in January. Both of us. At the same time. Talk about outrageous money. I’ve chosen to ignore how much it will cost us and the fact that the entire family (there’s 5 of us, by the way) will be eating mostly ramen noodles for the next three years. So, I’m excited I’m done with one thing, a tad nervous about the test, and apprehensive about what will begin in January.
Hopefully all of this will lead me to a job. My grant position runs out this year, and, while I could go back to the classroom, my passion has changed. I now want to change the world. Okay, not the world, but at least a school. I want to make the difference for students and teachers alike. I know what it’s like to work in a school with horrible morale among the teachers. I want to be an administrator who can sustain good morale or uplift bad morale. I know it’s idealistic, but I’m going with it. You need to have strong vision to get things done, right?
My hope is that, by having certification and a start on a doctorate, I’ll have a leg up on anything that might come open in the spring. It’s a very exciting time in the Human Voices Wake Us and Out of My League household. Debt-ridden, but exciting.
