Hi all! I’ve been quite busy over here teaching during a pandemic and carrying/birthing/keeping alive a little bundle of joy. Henry Robert DeWitt Knapp was born August 28th. At almost 9 pounds, it’s no wonder I felt like I was going to explode. Spending 12 weeks at home with Henry was so special and also so exhausting. I had no idea how to set a baby schedule so he was ...
Monthly Wrap Ups
These are my monthly wrap up posts which started out being a place to round up all of my blog posts. It's turned into a "what I did this month" and has become a great way for me to reflect on how far I've come and where I'm going.
June 2020: My First Year of Teaching
My first year of teaching was nuts. I don't know what more to say or if I can process all the details without getting either deeply sad or being insanely boring. I'm going to try to give the cliffs notes. I work at a Title building, meaning lower income families, meaning families who are struggling a little more than others, meaning stressed kids, meaning more "behaviors." ...
I Graduated!! And got a Job!! 2019
Hello all, It's been awhile since the last post where I was wrapping up student teaching. During that time, I was frantically applying to jobs in the Papillion La Vista Community Schools (PLCS) district. I finished up my student teaching, still no job. (Also--I freaking miss those kids!! It's so hard leaving a school never knowing if you'll see the kiddos ...
January + February 2019
Happy Spring Break! I'm over here working on data analysis for my final project and of course I decided I needed to procrastinate a little...what better way to procrastinate than on my blog! :) The past couple of months have been amazing and exhausting--I still can't believe I'm actually student teaching AND graduating in less than two months! Since we last talked, ...
Hello December 2018
I just wanted to check in to say...this is my last week of my last semester of classes and I'm freaking out! [photo from my Instagram account @amandaRdewitt] I just wrapped up my Final Practicum which was about 66 hours in a 5th grade classroom in Millard Public Schools. I learned so much this semester. I had the opportunity to lead morning meetings and led ...