Since I last blogged, I have had coffee a couple of times with some fabulous TOCs in my district. Last week we were talking about how the jobs seem settled, and the only way we would be getting more work/temporary contracts would be if unfortunate circumstances befell someone.
About two days after that I got called into the Vice-Principal's Office (yes, I was a bit nervous) and found out that (happily for me) I was not in trouble for sending a kid to the office. Instead, the VP asked if I would be available to come in for a week and a bit for a teacher who had to leave the country for family reasons.
My first extended TOC job. The VP asked, "how is your French?" I said "not fantastic." Then he booked me to teach French 7, 8, 9, 11, and Planning 10 for the next 7 days.
I've taught French a few times at HSS, but I'm definitely NOT a French teacher. I did it to grade 12, but admittedly, I am rusty. But two days into my TOC job I'm realizing that my high school French teacher was amazing and my French is still better than my students'. Yay!
So far having an extended TOC job is really nice. I like knowing where I am working each day, and I get to do a bit of planning which helps me build my skills.
The first two days have been smooth, here's hoping the next 5 are the same!
Showing posts with label SD78. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SD78. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
The Start of Something Good
Welcome to my new old blog!
As a recent (December 2011) graduate of the University of Victoria Education program, I took a technology course. In that course we had to create a blog. I made this blog. I posted a few times a la the course requirements, then I deleted them all after the course was done, thinking I might use this as a class blog. I decided not to. Instead I created a class wiki.
My blog sat abandoned.
I got hired as a TOC (teacher on call) for SD#78: Fraser Cascade, and blogging didn't cross my mind again. Until today. Today we had a SD78 "Teach Meet" and I attended four fantastic sessions. First, I learned about some great resources for writing IEPs, then I spend the rest of the day delving into Social Media. Blogging, Twitter, Facebook, all great presentations.
I came home, I logged into Twitter (my previously inactive, joined for that same Tech-Ed class that made me write the blog account) and got to tweeting. After a very helpful mention from a Twitter superstar in the education world, I suddenly had 50+ followers! Woah.
All this was great, but a comment made in passing by my mentor teacher stuck with me.
"You should create a TOC blog."
A TOC blog. A blog about my experience TOCing. A blog about my educational journey. A blog about my passions as an educator. An interesting idea. And after all, there is no time like the present. So here it goes.
As a recent (December 2011) graduate of the University of Victoria Education program, I took a technology course. In that course we had to create a blog. I made this blog. I posted a few times a la the course requirements, then I deleted them all after the course was done, thinking I might use this as a class blog. I decided not to. Instead I created a class wiki.
My blog sat abandoned.
I got hired as a TOC (teacher on call) for SD#78: Fraser Cascade, and blogging didn't cross my mind again. Until today. Today we had a SD78 "Teach Meet" and I attended four fantastic sessions. First, I learned about some great resources for writing IEPs, then I spend the rest of the day delving into Social Media. Blogging, Twitter, Facebook, all great presentations.
I came home, I logged into Twitter (my previously inactive, joined for that same Tech-Ed class that made me write the blog account) and got to tweeting. After a very helpful mention from a Twitter superstar in the education world, I suddenly had 50+ followers! Woah.
All this was great, but a comment made in passing by my mentor teacher stuck with me.
"You should create a TOC blog."
A TOC blog. A blog about my experience TOCing. A blog about my educational journey. A blog about my passions as an educator. An interesting idea. And after all, there is no time like the present. So here it goes.
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