Thursday, August 24, 2006

Learning More About Blogging

Hey! I am doing a workshop on Blogs and Wikis. I may end up with a new Blog but on Wordpress - one related to my new job. I will still keep this as my personal blog. I have finally figured out, I think, with the help of the workshop leader, how to enable comments on this Catscupboard blog. So...comment away! Or, stayed tuned as this blog develops to the point where it is worthy of comment. I am going to try to add to this blog on a daily basis, but we'll see. Next week, I will be in my school every day, practicing a long commute by public transit each way. May not have the energy to do anything else for a week or so, until I become acclimatized to the demands of each day.

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

So I Got the New Job

Okay. It's been over 2 months since I last posted anything on this blog. Well, I did say that this is a new medium for me and it would take time for me to get into the habit of making regular entries. So far I have had no comments on my blogs, and I suspect that I have not enabled that function yet. Lots to learn.

It's been a crazy couple of months. There was a placement available to me, full-time drama, in my old school district
. But I also got on the eligible to hire list in Toronto. Around the long weekend in July, I had three interviews and three job offers in three days. It was really difficult for me to decide which job to take, as all three schools had a lot to offer. I finally decided when I asked myself this question: If this job is in fact my final job - if I never leave the school I go to now - where would I most like to be when I retire? Then the answer became clear. It was a heart over mind decision. I chose to work at a large arts high school.

I also accepted a job as librarian. The other schools had offered a split timetable. I don't necessarily want to remain full-time teacher-librarian until I retire. But it will be a good way of getting back into the school system after a 4-year absence. I am a little nervous about taking the role of T-L, because of that absence. But right now I am taking some short courses to get up to speed with the systems used in this school district.

So, ready or not, here I come.