Posts Tagged “social work”

I am currently a Title I Reading Teacher in a small rural district that is experiencing big growing pains.  My job is actually two parts, I teach guided reading as a “push-in” in classrooms 1 thru 5 in the morning and have “pull-out” Title I Reading groups in the afternoon for at risk students in the grades 1st and 2nd.  I absolutely LOVE my job.  I came to teaching 9 years ago.  My first degree was actually in Social Work and I did that for 11 years before I finally decided that wasn’t what I really wanted to be when I grew up.  Back to school I went, and the rest is history….being a teacher is definitely what I want to be when I grow up.  I must admit, I do use many of the counseling skills I learned as a social worker with both the kids and their parents, though.  Old habits are hard to break.  There are 3 Title I teachers in my building, and 5 sections of each grade K thru 5, plus a “Jump Start” Kindergarten and an “At Risk Preschool” class.  Each day is the same, but each day is different……that’s the best part!