Adventures in Teaching

In January I posted a video promoting myself for international teaching positions, and in early February I attended an International Recruiting Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. While at the recruiting conference my boyfriend (also a teacher) and I met and interviewed with 12 different schools from around the world. We had three job offers in three very different locations. We had less than 24 hours to make a decision that would drastically change our lives, so we weighed the pros and cons, decided how we wanted to live the next two years of our lives and decided to take teaching positions at...CAYMAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands! We have spent the last few months preparing to leave our lives and schools in San Francisco, CA and finally arrived on the island on Sunday, August 3rd!

We are beyond excited to be here and have spent the last week settling into our the school. New faculty orientation is this Friday, August 15th and school starts on August 25th!new island lifestyle. We rented an apartment, bought a car, got a cell phone, met some friends (other teachers at CIS), saw our classrooms, met our administrators and explored the island.

Last Months at Burke's!

It has been a few months since I last updated this blog and I am hoping to get back to it. My final year at Burke's ended with a bang. We went on three more field trips, one of which was an overnight trip to the Marin Headlands. This trip definitely solidified my group of third graders as a strong community. There was laughter, hiking, sleeping in a room with 12 girls, and the creation of an educational song called, "What Does the Goby Say?" It went something like this:

"What does the Goby say?

I live in brackish water, 

I live in brackish water,

I like a mix of salty and fresh,

I like a mix of salty fresh."

There were more verses, that were highly relevant to the actual life of the endangered Goby living in the lagoon in the Marin Headlands, but I can save that for another day. :) It was a solid end to the school year and my time at Burke's. I will certainly miss the school, the community and the students, but I am on to my next adventure! Check out the photos below to see some of the amazing things we did in the last months of school!