12 Days and Counting...!

Hello everyone!

Bryndan and I are in the final days before departing on what I'm sure will be the trip of our lives!  Check out her blog as well...http://teachingacrossborders-bryndan.blogspot.com I'm surrounded by lists of things to do and prepare...and yet I don't seem to know where to start!

Good luck and safe travels to all my TAB colleagues who are also counting down the days until their departure.

For those of you who feel inclined to comment on my work, go for it! Several cases are posted under the appropriate tabs.

Stay tuned! 

Assignment Comments

Hello TAB colleagues, 

Several of my assignments have been posted. You may comment on the appropriate pages if you wish! 

Thanks!

Spain: Here I Come!

Hola!

Indeed it is true, this soon to be teacher is shipping off to Spain for 3 months to continue to learn about teaching (and do some teaching too!) and to experience some culture.

Welcome to the portal into said teacher's experiences en Espana! You'll find my blog about all the crazy goings on, various assignments that will be posted for my online course and of course lots and lots of photos so you can all live vicariously through me! 

I'll be living in a quaint little apartment in Barcelona with fellow friend and teacher, Bryndan Costuros-Spence. The school I'll be teaching at is called IES Leonardo da Vinci School and is located in Sant Cugat del Valles, approximately half an hour or so outside of Barcelona. 

Why ship off to Europe for three months? In a very brief nutshell (to be explained in further detail at a later date), I feel that teaching is an incredible gift that I am so very fortunate to share with my students. An even greater gift, in my opinion, is to have incredible life experiences to bring to one's classroom. I am on a search for experiences that will continue to shape my developing profile as a teacher, and that will continue to aid in shaping the learning experiences of my future students. Different cultures lend themselves to meaningful learning as I will be coping with experiences that I am not necessarily used to. So, I am going to Europe to experience culture, and to learn about and work in different educational systems in hopes that I will return to Canada as an even more practiced teacher who will have incredible stories to enrich the lives  and learning of my students.

Stay tuned for some Spanish adventures!  

Enjoy!