It starts...

I have officially received my teaching assistantship in France for the 2007-2008 school year. Per the wonderful suggestion of Joan Price, I decided that the best way to keep in touch with everyone would be to keep a blog. This way everyone can keep updated on what I'm doing. You can just check this site as you have time and I will try to update it as frequently as possible.

News so far: I have been placed in the Academie de Montpellier (the Montpellier school district), but I have yet to receive my actual assignment to a particular school and town. What I do know is that I am going to be somewhere in the general area of central southern France! Yay, I've always wanted to live by the sea! They speak a regional language called Provençal in that area that I am not familiar with, but hopefully it won't be hard to pick up with my French background.

For the summer I am going to remain in Athens to be a lead teacher for the English For All program in OU's OPIE department. I am going to need all the practice teaching I can get before I have to do this for real next year. I am looking forward to the end of classes next week so that I can do some extra reading about teaching and grammar that I have wanted to do, but haven't had time for. I am also excited to be able to really focus on my teaching and developing my lesson plans. I am going to be working with some young girls at the Islamic Center and I am sure that will be a wonderful experience. I will also be working at Scripps and hopefully picking up a second job to earn some cash for Europe.

When I get my assignment I am going to have to find a place to live and apply for my visa. I will most likely be leaving in early September and staying until July or August the following year.

Keep checking back and I will post updates and news as it arrives!