New School

So it turns out that the .5 position at another school was a dream. An tantalizing ephemeral wisp that did not quite materialize the way it was suppossed to. When I talked to the principal it was .2 (one class) and that they were hoping to fund raise to bring it up to .5. I accepted on the condition that if they did not bring it up, I would be able to do enough student teaching there so that I would finish my teaching license this year. Since they were desperate for a teacher to start, and there was pressure on them from HR to hire me, we went through with it. So later today I will start teaching PreCalc 7th period at Lincoln High School.
On Wednesday I interviewed with the principal, but it felt more like a recruiting trip than an interview. Yesterday in the morning I went back to FOCUS to pick up the couple of things I left behind (I did not think I was leaving for good on Tuesday) and hand back my keys. The students at FOCUS had made a card for me saying they were said that I was leaving. Very touching after only being there a week and a half. That afternoon I went back to Lincoln HS to fill out some paperwork, observe one section of the class I was going to take over, and then start getting things set up. I also sat in on a meeting with the schedulers and he principal, and it does not look promising that they will open another math class for me to teach.
After observing a 90 minute class I started to try and get ready. As usual there are some stumbling blocks. First the school is currently out of textbooks for this class. So some of students do not have a book, and neither do I. No student edition and no teacher's edition. On the plus side I can access the student version online. Second stumbling block, I am currently registered in the PPS system as being at Focus@ Madison. This means I cannot currently log on to a computer at Lincoln, nor can I access the online grading system for my class. I also realized that the room I am sharing does not have a phone. So I was using my cellphone talking to IT to get some of the problems resolved. Their message said 2-5 minute wait time. After twenty minutes on hold I finally get through to a person. Right as we are about to get down to nuts and bolts, my connection terminates. So I call again and after ten minutes I get through, but then my connection terminates again. The third time I call I get through right away, to the same person as last time, but again my connection ends. The fourth time I call the connection ends before I get off hold, and I just give up for the day. I was frustrated and in need of a drink.
So this afternoon I get to teach my second first day of class. My one lucky coincidence is that today is the make up day for pictures and IDs so I will be able to get a Lincoln HS ID. I can add this to my collection.