We got the results of the CSET test! Barbara passed her Home Economics CSET. Hopefully, with just some money, she’ll have a single credential, allowing her to teach at the middle school or high school level. This will make her rock-solid in her current position at the middle school.
I passed the three hardest sections of my four section English CSET. The one I missed was the one I was most familiar with. Having said that, I did not study for it ahead of time, and it was the last section I did (with time running out) so I breezed through it. I have no doubt that I’ll pass it when I take it again on March 8th. I have a few weeks to study, and I’ll have five hours to complete something I did in 20 minutes last test.
Aside from that, I have begun a two week long-term assignment in Multimedia and Play Production. The teacher, who is also my friend, is out with pneumonia. She’s allowing me to create my own curriculum and lesson plans. For Play Production, I’m creating a Production Company, complete with departments and management. Our goal is to get ready for a Talent Show that is coming up next month. For Multimedia, I’ll be teaching the kids Microsoft Publisher this week and Microsoft Powerpoint next week. All this will culminate in a powerpoint presentation. I also get to assign grades. I’ve decided that I much prefer long-term assignments because I actually get to know the kids and I get to teach.
Oh ya, last week, I got to teach science at the middle school. It was pretty fun, but it was also my only assignment of that week mostly because I was sick. If the science job hadn’t been a personal request, I would have stayed home.