After interviewing at seven different schools over the course of the summer, I finally got a job offer two weeks before the start of the school year, and I took it.
It's only a 34% position - I teach three afternoons a week; so I am supplementing with substitute teaching. It's a big pay cut from last year, but I have more breathing room in my schedule.
Substitute teaching isn't my favorite thing to do, but it's interesting to see what goes on in different classrooms and different schools, and I've learned a few things from seeing other teachers' classroom management strategies. Sometimes I sub at the school I teach at, and it gives me a different perspective to see my Spanish students in another class.
So, it's not what I was hoping for, but there is good in it. And the hope is that next year the budget will open up for me to teach more classes.
"And we know that in all things...
...God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
...God works together with those who love him to bring about what is good - with those who have been called according to his purpose."
-two different interpretations of Romans 8:28
In any case, God always works for good, whether it be for us or with us, but I'm sure it's both. So here I am, trying to make the most good out of my situation, knowing that I'm not doing it in my own strength.
"For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose."
-Philippians 2:13
"Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think."
-Ephesians 3:20
