CBU Employed!
Well, I had my teaching demonstration interview today at CBU. It went well, but not as well as I had hoped. I am going to be a paid Teaching Assistant for this semester. Basically, I will be gaining experience by observing professors teaching dynamics’s (or more precisely put–how to grab student’s attention in exciting and interesting lessons. I was told that I did a very good job and I obviously new my stuff. However, they didn’t want to set me up for failure by throwing me in a teaching position on such short notice and possibly receive poor teacher evaluations from students. There was a mis-communication somewhere because I thought they wanted me to demonstrate how I would teach undergraduates how to create and literally fill in a daily lesson plan. They were looking for something more simple and specific like, just going through a basketball skill such as a chest pass. By becoming a Teaching Assistant I will have the chance to get good teaching evaluations so that I will be asked to come back the following year. So, it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to take. They wouldn’t have offered this position to me if they didn’t think I could do it…that’s what Sean told me. I’m glad they have confidence in my ability to quickly learn teaching dynamics (which I already know…just didn’t know what they where looking for). Plus, this way I get to implement the styles of teaching I’ve learned throughout my teaching credential programs. I will get a couple thousand dollars in pay…not as much as the adjunct position but still good I think. I told Sean that I wasn’t extremely disappointed because I trust God will lead me in the direction He wants me to go. So I’m patient with His plan for me in my life here on this earth.
