*sigh*

I am dismayed by the fact that I have not heard from said school district. I believed that, if I were being called back for round 2 (which I assume will take place this week), I would have received a call yesterday. I didn’t expect to hear from them last week, what with Christmas and all…

wah.

Here’s a quick summary of my interview this morning…

They had asked me to come in early because they had something they wanted me to prepare. when I got to the office, the secretary handed me a slip of paper that said “think about a ‘hook’ you would use to to teach Romeo and Juliet. be ready to explain this hook during your interview.”

A happy coincidence, in that both lessons I included in the mini-portfolios I prepared to hand to the interview team (there were six of them) involved Romeo and Juliet. yay! 🙂 I took one of them, a very general “intro” lesson involving some internet work, and expanded it into a class discussion on love etc, involving some discussion of how the theme is used in popular culture (music, TV, movies).

Another question allowed me to use my “Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” lesson incorporating the Jackdaw song as an example. I got to talk about studying acting and participating in community theater.

But the most important thing, I think, is that I really felt a connection with the interview team. You know how sometimes, you just feel a positive vibe in the room, and sometimes you don’t? And that vibe, that energy, doesn’t seem to be about anything you specifically do or say…it just is. Well, it was today. And it felt very positive.

The team is finishing up their part today. They will make recommendations to the assistant superintendent who will bring some people in for another round. They plan to have the final decision made “very early” in January.

I didn’t think to ask how many people they were interviewing today. There are two positions.

Keep your fingers crossed for me! 🙂

Last week, I read about a long-term sub position in a school district where I’d recently interviewed. I thought the ad was for the same position for which I’d already applied.

I called the district’s HR secretary, who checked to see if my application was on file. It was not. Grr…I downloaded a new one, filled it out, and hand delivered it to the district office on Tuesday. (and kept a copy this time. I’m learning…)

Last night, I got a call from the head of the interviewing committee. They’re interviewing me on Tuesday. Yay!

I also learned that it is *not* the same position. The other interview was at School District East. This one is at School District West. (Most of the larger districts around here have two high schools, usually called “East” and “West.” Except for the one that’s “North” and “South.” They just had to be different, I guess.)

Keep sending those positive vibes my way…I’m gonna need ’em… 🙂

Even though I felt it coming, I was still disappointed to receive a rejection letter from the rural school district.

*sigh*