Well the day finally came! Four days after my application was due, my placement was emailed to me! (I truly admire the hardworking women in charge of placing the 150+ students who apply to this program so quickly). I got my first choice district placement! It is a suburb about 30-45 minutes from my house, where I will be moving back.
While the acceptance form I had to fill out was very official, I am so excited! I must still complete all my Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 classes to be fully accepted, but it's basically for real!
There is a lot of information I don't know, including my school, cooperating teacher, grade(s), and who else I am in the program with. There will be an interview process in the winter I am told to place us with the perfect cooperating teacher.
I recently looked up some statistics on the district I will be teaching in to compare it to my old school district. Where I went to school, the district had about 3000+ students, 19.2% were low income, about 81% were white, 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 5% Black. My student teaching district is so different and I look forward to the challenge of the diverse environment. It has over 40,000 students. The district is 50% Hispanic, 32% White, 8% Asian, and 7% Black.
While I first thought, in past years, that I would be comfortable going back to my own environment, I have decided it is good to be scared and intimidated! A challenge is what really teaches and allows you to grow.
I can't wait to find out more!
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