Tim Teaching Nov/Dec

Since it's the end of January, I should catch up on last year's happenings with Tim at work. He was very busy at work because the director was in the States and so he took on some of her responsibilities in addition to teaching.

He did really well with doing some of the director role!

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End of another Session

Each five week session seems to go faster and faster! Last week marked the end of another session of English classes for Tim.

He had a couple of different classes. One was all women and the other was mixed.

On the last day of class two of his students who are cousins brought him a gift to say thank you!

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Teacher Tim

This weeks marks the end of another session of English classes for Tim. He has been involved in teaching Business English. It's been a new challenge for him.

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I'm thankful for our preschool group

We are blessed to be living in the same country with other kids about the same ages as our kids! It has been so great to start a little preschool group! These kids get along well and so do their moms! I have missed teaching elementary school and I'm glad to have this chance to teach these kiddos.

We have four kids in our little class: Morgan turned 4 in March, Jonathan turned 4 in July, and Joseph turned 4 in September. Eli is the only 3 year old in our class, but he keeps up with the big kids pretty well!

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I'm thankful for my years of teaching

I taught for six years before we left the States to live in the Middle East. I loved each class that I got to teach! I learned so much during this time. I'm so grateful for my teaching experiences!

I taught kindergarten for 4 years at Lincoln Academy in Denver, Colorado. When we moved to Albuquerque I taught 2nd grade and 1st grade at Edward Gonzales Elementary. 

Below you can see some teaching pictures. I enjoyed looking through some pictures of my students! There were so many fun memories of things like pet day, field day, kindergarten graduation, birthdays, valentines day, and so much more. 

Last May I got to go to the 8th grade continuation at Lincoln Academy. It was so much fun for me to see my kindergartners all these years later! I loved hearing about their successes! 

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Farm

Last week we went to a farm with one of Tim's students. It was fun for the kids to see the animals and it honored Tim's student. It was so different than what we normally picture for an animal farm. We saw dogs, horses, sheep, birds, a cat, and a monkey!

Joseph's favorite part was playing fetch with one of the dogs! See video and pictures below.

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Teacher Tim

Tim has been teaching for a few weeks now. He's enjoying his students, which makes it all worthwhile! He comes home with some fun stories!

He teaches a beginning level course and the students have been learning how to pronounce words correctly. It makes me think about our time as language students. I felt so funny pronouncing sounds that I wasn't used to! 

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First Week of Teaching!

 I noticed that in my last two posts I used the word "busy." So, I'll try not to use that word again here. Instead of busy, I'll use the word adjustment!

This week was Tim's first week teaching at the English Institute called ILC. It was a big adjustment for our family, especially for him. He teaches every evening for this 5 week session. So, it's an adjustment to have him home in the mornings and gone in the evenings. Three days he gets home around 9:30pm, so the kids don't get to say good night to him those days.

He does some one on one tutoring as well as some classroom teaching. One class has 4 Arab guys who speak very little English. It's an intro class.

I have enjoyed hearing him talk about his students and his experiences! We are proud of Tim for stepping out of his comfort zone and teaching!

There are three other teachers at this small institute and we've only been open for a few sessions now. It's fun to watch this business grow!

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