Goals for another academic year, 2011-2012

So here comes another academic school year where I try to get by and build up my resume to begin applying for teaching positions again next May.

As of now, I'll continue substitute teaching for Irvine Unified School District as well as private tutoring. That will get me by another school year hopefully.

Goals for this school year:

1. Take the CSETs in Social Science and Writing Skills.
I already completed a Subject Matter Preparation Program (SMPP) for Social Science at UC, Irvine, but it hasn't helped me much in applications. I'm hoping that completing the SMPP for Social Science AND passing the CSET in Social Science will give me a better advantage. As for taking the CSET in Language Arts/English, that will have to wait since I've already completed the Supplemental Authorization for that subject.

2. Take the revised-GREs again. I just took the revised-GRE this past Saturday and it was murder, bloody-murder! The revised GRE is extremely difficult compared to the previous version.

3. Volunteer at ReadOC. Continue volunteering for OC On Track.

4. Attend a Grant-Writing Workshop and a "Starting your own non-profit organization" workshop.

5. Develop and hopefully implement a writing workshop curriculum.