God is full of surprises!!

Hello all my dear friends!!

As the title of this blog says, God is full of surprises!! This month God has showed me so many parts of my self that I never knew. When I first started the process to come to El Camino everthing was based into just being a support for the Special Ed. team, because that has been my only experience in education. To my surprise God has giving me the opportunity to experience more about education into the box of special ed.
How? Well, I am teaching Math to two students that struggle in the regular Math of their regular grade, so  I am having a special class for them. Even though is two students, I have to prepare for class, create lesson plans, quizzes and test, and pretty much learn to be a teacher. It has been a great experience, I like the feeling of teaching and won't deny it is a lot of work and I am only teaching one class. I feel pretty bad for those teachers that have classes the whole day. Like Sophie, a whole day teching second grade, that it is crazy!! But other thing that it is crazy is that I am really really bad in Math and God has surprise me to basically undertand everything I am teaching in a really quick and easy way. It is so crazy that God is motivating me to not fear Math by also motiviting my own students.

Other big surprise that God has giving me, is the opportunity to lead the yearbook elective for High School. I am the head teacher for this elective and I help the students involve to make the correct decisions for the yearbook. I am loving this opportunity to be part of a big project for the school and for the students. Believe it or not, I was once in the yearbook elective of my HS, and guess what? I hate it and I moved to a different elective. Now God surprise me again in something I believed I wans't good at it.

Other big surprise is that God has taken away some of the fear that I had for the little kids. For some reason I used to fear them and I didn't what to work with them. Now God has surprise me by making me fall in love with Kindergrandens of my school. I just love them. It is such great feeling when I walk through the hall ways and I see them, and they recognized me and remember my name and say in their little voices "Hi, Miss Baron". I just love that, is great!!

Now, my work schedule is full. I divided my self through out the whole day to help students in their classes or to assist teacher in their classrooms.  Our Special Ed. team has divided the work and each of us is assign to specific students or grades. In my case I am the point person for Kinder and Second grade and out coincidence turns out the teachers of these grades are my roommates. Great isn't it?
My work with these grades is to help the teacher out at least once a day in their classroom and support the students that struggle in class. Also, I am the point person for the High School kids that have IEPs(Individualized Educaton Plan) and help them during study halls, and to speak with their teachers about any acomodations that are need it for each student. Overall I have around 8 students that I am looking after. Sometimes it gets crazy, but I love the resposability and trust that the school in putting in my hands.

I don't know with how many more gifts is God going to surprise me, but the only thing I know is that He is indeed an AMAZING GOD!!

Thank you again for all your love and support!!