Lone Star Ride
’bout to leave town for the Lone Star Ride. always sleep deprived and working 12 hour days, but the weather looks good, so likely not to difficult to support. back on monday (after a full day of labor then as well).
-b
Chron: ACP
Sept. 23, 2003, 11:32AM
Good press for the ACP program in the Chron’s regional section of the paper.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/thisweek/zone10/news/2114763
Alternative certification draws ‘best teachers’
By BETTY L. MARTIN
Copyright 2003 Houston ChronicleSometimes people don’t know what they want to be when they grow up until they’ve already grown. Then, if they’re lucky, a few find new careers in education were worth the wait.
So it was for Elsa Monsalve, music teacher at Crockett Elementary School, 2112 Crockett; Annette Sanchez-Mena, creator of the robotics program at Hogg Middle School, 1100 Merrill; Robert Pollock, principal at Looscan Elementary, 3800 Robertson; and Cliff Evans, High School for the Performing and Visual Arts orchestra director, 4001 Stanford.
The four are among approximately 800 teachers who have been hired through the Alternative Certification Program (more…)
TV season
man,
last night
Gilmore Girls - good, interesting changes, and real
Judging Amy - intense, a vertable my-life-sucks-more-than-yours fest
then tonight
Ed - so, so,
West Wing - bam, just when you thought fiction couldn’t get tougher than reality in America. John Goodman, excellent. A million political problems amidst personal tragedy.
didn’t even have the energy or emotion to check out the new CBS NE quirky show (have it on tape as i watch all TV) or tonights Daily Show - tomorrow,… before i leave town
-b
teaching job update
last week, monday, i was planning on calling a bunch of schools, but first i checked the web site, and Lee HS was listed. i called them, the answerer asked around, yes, there’s a math job open, fax your resumé over, i did. i also applied online.
i called friend Jonas, who knows said principal of said school, he called, got the machine, left a message.
the next day the listing went off the “open” status, sure sign they already had an applicant and were just posting it for requirement reasons.
i didn’t hear anything; Jonas didn’t hear anything, the week passed,
this monday i got home from slaving at the CC (which i enjoy), and there was a message from Lee, call us, set up a time to inteview, tuesday i did, for wednesday, went today,
went well, i think, i like them, i think they like me, they invited me to call and sit in on the class (replacing a very ill teacher), i like the school, after i get back from long weekend of work i’ll call them and ask to sit in.
apparently there’s a hiring freeze causing them problems,
think good thoughts,
-b
