This was the first email that I sent to the new principal, which happened to be our previous assistant principal. We planned to meet after school on Thursday, September 27th at 4:30. I felt very excited and anxious at the same time. I had been waiting over a month to have this meeting and the Approval letter deadline was approaching very soon. I stayed up late the night before practicing my proposal with my sister. After my dismissal duty, I quickly rushed back to my room to get my laptop, then I went straight downstairs and headed to the office. Once I got into the office I could sense an urge of panic. The secretaries were gone and the teachers were running the office. Apparently a student was just hit by a car while crossing the street and the administrators were very busy. I waited over an hour in the office until everything died down. When the principal came in she looked at me and asked "Did we have a post observation today? Is that why you are here?" I said "no, I am here to talk to you about my internship proposal." She said "Oh no! lets schedule for another day. But while you are here, can you just tell me a little bit about it?" She did not like the idea of me teaching teachers about a tool that required them to use it with the students because it sounded like an action research. Baltimore County requires you to get an action researched approved first due to the new policy. So, I left the office without giving the proposal that I practiced so long and hard for and without my Approval letter signed.
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Over the summer I spoke to the principal about my internship and she was very excited to see me play a leading role in the school. That same day, she asked me to be the school technology liaison. I told her that I would think about it and later on that day I gave her an answer. I could not help but wonder "Could I handle taking a grad class and completing my internship while being the new technology liaison?" Despite my doubts, I decided to finish putting together my proposal. When the school year started, it was time for me to get my proposal signed by the principal. I just knew that it would be a breeze, but it was the exact opposite. My principal was no where to be found. She had recently been promoted. Which meant that we were on the hunt for a new principal. I was happy to see her move up in her career but I could not help but think "what does that mean for me and my internship?" "Who am I going to get to sign this paper?" "Will the new principal even allow me to do it?" As, I could not stop thinking these negative thoughts, I kept telling myself to that everything would work itself out.
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Charmaine FutchI am a third grade teacher and technology liaison in Baltimore County. I am currently enrolled in the Educational Technology graduate program at Loyola University of Maryland. Archives
November 2018
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