The World According to Leslie

I am a lot of things....as we all know. I always have plenty that I can be doing, but sometimes I don't get it all done. One of my favorite things to do is teach. I feel that I am called to teach. I have taught Sunday School. I teach Children's Church. I have taught high school English. Actually, last year, I covered a maternity leave for a teacher in a 7th grade ELA class. Since my licensure is in English 9-12, I can teach middle school or high school (without having to take any extra classes/tests!!)!!! Now that I'm not teaching full time, and I'm a substitute, it leaves me with time on my hands. Over the years, even when I was a full time student and full time teacher (with very little "extra" time on my hands), I have been a tutor. The best part about being a tutor is I get to set my schedule. I get to work when it's convenient to my family and me. I get to be where the Princess needs me to be, but then I get to work with students who nee...

About 5 minutes ago, I published the post Making Room for God's Plan , I got a phone call. The previous day, I had applied for a job at a local Charter school.... teaching English. I hit publish on the post. Seriously, no more than 5 minutes later, the phone rang. They wanted to interview me. It was the shortest interview in the history of interviews. It only lasted 10 minutes, max! I left feeling pretty confident. However, now, I'm in the waiting game.  I don't like that game.... so..... I always find things to do while I wait. Here are the things I'm doing. Over the next few days, I'm going to give you more information about all of these things (like links to how to find me and things like that)!!  1. Substitute Teacher--I am working in the same county where I live and where I used to work. Last year, I covered two long term (8 week) assignments at two different schools. I usually work about 3-4 days a month. I'd love for it to be more. If you are a ...