Fearlessly waiting for inspiration

(Blog post started 9/10/13, reread 10/12/13  Here's this unfinished piece that led to a new adventure... where did the last month go?! )

The invitation crept into my inbox. Then exploded in my imagination.

Mentoring at-risk students.

A one page summary of my qualifications and reasons for interest in this position is requested.

One page?

Maybe a lifetime of vignettes to illustrate my reasons and qualifications. I don't think that will fly.

I suppose the thing to do is to just start writing and hope it fits on one page...

"Relationships with Educators Accelerate Learning"

Why I want so much to be one of those Educators in the REAL program. Let me count the ways.

1. Mentoring a student one summer during Master's degree program (Major: Social, Multicultural, Bilingual, Equity Education)
2. Numerous home visits during my 18 year teaching career in public education
3. Diverse teaching positions including: 

• Bilingual classroom teacher of kindergartners, 1st graders, 2nd graders English (non bilingual) classroom teacher of 4th graders, 75% ELLs Bilingual Title 1 Literacy teacher ESL support for classroom teachers ESL teacher: Newcomers and Writing focus After-school Writing Project teacher 

Well, now the formatting is slaying me, so I need to stop struggling with it and compose in a Word document so I can focus on the content instead of bullets and margins.