Art, P.E., and Girls Basketball
This is my first post in over a month if you’re keeping score at home…. I guess that’s what happens when I get “promoted” and don’t have as much time to use the school computers. I am currently filling in for a teacher that is on maternity leave. I’m teaching the art classes at one elementary school and half of the P.E. classes at the other. This is my third adventure in elementary art plus all the work I had to put in for my degree so I feel like I’ve got a pretty good idea what I’m doing this time. Everything is going pretty well. But then there is gym class. The only training I’ve had for this is a little coaching and my own experience as a student in P.E. Though I’m probably not the P.E. teacher of the year I’m having a good time. I even get to jump into a dodgeball game once in a while.
I also helped coach the girls 4th grade basketball team this year. I had a lot of fun and I think I learned as much about basketball as some of the 4th grade girls. (I’m more of a football, baseball and track guy…) Of course the finale was the annual 4th Grade Girls vs. the LE Staff game. It was a lot of fun and the staff pulled out another victory. As I’m typing this I’m trying to test my new site. It’s not even close to done but I think I’m going to put up what I have so I can make sure it works….
[...] According to a previous post, I took over for a teacher on maternity leave. She came back during the 1st week of February. I went to Indy for a few days for the Indiana Track and Cross Country coaches conference. When I got back to the computer lab it was time to start NWEA testing so I’ve been working on that… until I took a few personal days and flew down to Texas with my wife. In between all that we have been looking for a new place to live and watching our neices play basketball. Of course I have been taking pictures at most of these events. I hope to put up some pictures and elaborate on some of these topics in the very near future. Check back again to read all about them! [...]