Yesterday, I decided to take the day off school so that I could go to some other schools I have not been to as yet to inquire about supply teaching. The first school I went to was the Anglican College (private school). There, they told me that they needed a resume and a copy of my Queensland Teacher Registration Certificate. The second school I went to was a Catholic School. There they told me that I needed to apply with the catholic board and then come back with my passport (to prove that I am an Australian citizen) and a copy of my registration certificate. The third school I went to was the one I taught at last Thursday and Friday. I wanted to introduce myself to the deputy principal at Pialba so that he could put a face to the voice he spoke with on the phone when he called to ask me to supply teach. Last night, he called me to ask me if I could supply teach next Monday, so I am glad that I went in yesterday morning. I forgot to mention that on Sunday, I spoke with Leanne who is the Primary Music Leader and who also teaches at a local primary school. I asked her if she could introduce me to one of the Deputy Principals at her school (Bronwyn had suggested to do this as she had spoken to that D.P.). Leanne said that she would speak with Ann (the D.P.) this week and so hopefully next week, I will be able to go in and meet with Ann and also speak with someone at another Catholic school near Leanne’s school at the same time. Once I have done that, I will have contacted all but one primary school in Hervey Bay (the one I haven’t is not one I want to supply teach at - I have been told that there are a lot of behaviour issues at that school).
After we finished up at the schools, Dad dropped me off at the local library so that I could do some genealogy - there were a number of people at the church FHC and so I didn’t want to take up one of the computers there. When I was at the library, I was able to talk with a woman there who was able to help me find some info about my Grandpa Terry’s mom - Isabella Evans. I still have some checking to do, but I think that I have found her name, year of birth, mom and dad’s name and sister’s name. It was so exciting to find out this information - all I had before that was her name and possible year of birth and their marriage date (Isabella and my great Grandpa Richard Terry). I am looking forward to finding out some more information about Isabella on Wednesday night.
Dad spent the afternoon finishing up his work on the third area of his census district. He had to visit a couple of retirement villages to confirm the number of people living there. He also had to go to a couple of smaller businesses to make sure that nobody lived on the premises. When he got home, he spent an hour or so co-ordinating the information he had gained.
I went in to school today to volunteer (didn't get a call to supply :-( , but I did have a good day anyway. Luise told me that some of the other teachers were going to try and 'take me', but she was going to use me first. I ended up doing a lot of assessment in math this time - listening to the students tell me what the numbers and number words and ordinal numbers were which were on a sheet - I was able to listen to all the kids except one boy who is SEU (special ed) and so was out of the classroom most of the day. Luise mentioned that she was having difficulty listening to the kids read to her and answer comprehension questions because she was always so busy during the day, so I suggested she give the kids an activity to do and I could supervise while she read with a student. She said that she didn't think that was right since I wasn't being paid - I told her that I was happy to do it - she kept on resisting, but finally she asked me if I would do it after 'big lunch' to which I readily agreed. She thanked me a number of times during the day and even told me that she had to take a day off in June and two days off in August and had asked the office to get me to cover for her. I was very pleased about that.
Dad spent the day working on two more of his areas for his census district - he was able to get 95% of one area done and 75% of another area done. He has to go back tomorrow to speak to some people who weren't there today, but it was a good day since it's taken him a day to do each previous area and he was able to do so much more today. He will finish up both these routes tomorrow and then will just have two more routes to complete. He then will have to interview all those who have applied to be census collectors.
Tonight, while Dad was at his weekly PEC meeting, I went visiting teaching with Rosalea - we went to visit Sue (Terri-Ann, her last name is Coates - isn't that funny? :-) For everyone else, Sue Coates is the name of a sister in the Orangeville ward). Anyway, it was really nice to sit and chat with Sue and Rosalea - I really enjoy talking with my friends from church - we talked about so many different things that each of us has experienced - it's good when you can talk with people who believe the same as you do.
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