Tell All Tuesday

Hi Everyone! I'm linking up with my dear friends Jayme and Diana for their Tell All Tuesday Linky! This week we were asked about our Teacher Bucket List!

 As I sit here and think about the future, I am feeling so unplanned, I almost didn't participate in the linky. Here's the thing, I am the LAST person you would ever think wouldn't have a plan ready for something like this. My plan was always to teach a few years and then go get my masters to be a reading specialist. I still consider that as an option! Right now, my husband and I are living off my non-master degree 4th year teacher salary, so I am not going to start a masters just yet! I always think it might be down the road anyway if I end up staying home with babies, teaching at my child's preschool, or homeschooling at any point. I'm really not sure! I'm telling myself it's okay to live and figure it out as I go a bit!

In the short term, something I would like to do is work with more undergrad or high school students interested in becoming teachers. I had a practicum student this year, and it was so rewarding to watch her learn, grow, and be loved in my classroom. That was such a magical time for me - forming those sweet bonds with students for the first time and experiencing the joy of helping a child learn. I dreamed and dreamed about creating fun learning experiences and having a classroom, so I want to give other young aspiring educators a home and the mentorship they need to fall in love with the profession.

I have a such a passion for social-emotional learning and would love to become an expert. I think the stronger we are in social-emotional skills/teaching abilities, the more meaningful we are able to make learning experiences for our students. I love to help students grow in their character and love finding genius ideas on Pinterest/Blogs that enrich my classroom community. I also am working on the SEL committee for my District. Plus, I think the more I learn with character education/behavior, the better mom I will someday be! 

Finally, I am definitely still finding my way in the blogging/tpt creating world! I hope to make lots of great connections and create tools/content that helps other teachers. I think this whole blog/tpt world fuels our passions, increases our collaboration, and ultimately raises the level of teaching/learning!!!

Thanks for getting to know more about me! Head back to the linky to find out what more about other teachers!