The next two months will be an adventure!
Before the girls were born, I was a preschool teacher. I went through all the fun college classes to get my degree, and also my teaching license with the state. Remember that little thing called continuing ed? Well, I didn't do it for the first three years of my license.
Then, with two years left, I started volunteering, going to conferences and a few evening seminars. But I started late. So here I am now, with my license due to expire at the end of June, and I've got roughly 35 of the 125 hours I need to renew my license. Yikes.
After Jacob and I tossed around various scenarios, I decided to enroll in a distance education grad course for 3 credits. It's through Learner's Edge, a professional development company, and I get college credit through North Dakota State University. I ordered the course last night and chose priority mail.
Once it comes in the mail, I've got till April 15 to finish. As I've never taken a distance ed course before, I don't know what it will entail; but I know it will give me the equivalent of 72 continuing ed hours, which when added to my 35, puts me very close to the number of hours I need. I'll volunteer at a conference over spring break, and that should do it.
I'm a bit nervous, I'll admit. How much work will this 3-credit course be? How will I do this in addition to all the other things I do? I'll be cutting back on blogging, I'm sure. And I'm already thinking of making weeks of meal plans ahead of time, or having a cook-for-a-month day as I've done in the past.
We'll see how it goes. I'll let you know!
5 comments:
Oh best of luck! I'm excited for you.
Good for you getting your continuing ed credits done! I took a couple of online courses this fall, and really enjoyed them. Make sure when you are adding up your credits that you have classes in the three required areas-reading instruction, positive behavioral intervention/adapting curriculum, and mental health. Difference school districts require a different number of hours in these areas or that you attend a specific workshop. It's a good idea to check with yours to make sure you are meeting the requirements! (Can you tell I'm professional development coordinator? It makes me the life of the party!) ; )
That's exciting!!!
I'll be praying for you:-)
ug and double ug!!! i will miss you but work comes first ;-) come back to us when you need to clear your brain of this unnecessary information!!!
Thank you, ladies! I appreciate your sweet comments.
Laura--I did get the four areas in, thankfully. Our district offered evening seminars in each of those areas, so I got those finished last spring. (Yay!) Thanks for the info, though! You're the lady in the know. (Hey, I'm rhyming. . .)
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