Back Safely

We made it back safely, even though one of our bags didn't make it with us. And we hit the ground running. This week has been the first week of teacher professional development, so we've been busy. The first day we met all the other teachers and found out exactly what we'll be doing this school year. It's definitely more than originally expected. Terrez will be teaching English and Math for colegio and bachillerato (7-11 grades). I am the director for the preschool, kindergarten, and special needs classes and I will be teaching English for 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. So far we've had a few seminars and time for decorating/cleaning. Next week is the hard part: curriculum and planning. The two preschool teachers are older girls from the orphanage who will be taking high school classes half of the time and teaching the other half. It's been nice working with the 4 teachers in my cluster. Everyone is friendly and open, and I don't feel like it's a burden or too much of a challenge. It's still a challenge, but nothing unbearable. I just hope it stays that way once the kids are in the classrooms.