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Share your story of how you came to be where you are in Christian education. Have you shared this story with your students?
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I had been a stay-at-home mom for years raising my son and daughter. When my daughter went to Kindergarten, I began substitute teaching in the local public school where my children attended. Two years ago, I saw a message for an immediate need for a part-time math teacher at the church where I attend church services. The church building houses both the church and the Academy. The school year had already began and the teacher that was supposed to take the position back out at the very last minute. I interviewed, was offered a full-time position instead of a part-time position, and began teaching all within just a couple of days. It was a blessing and I have loved being a part of this community. I have shared my story with my students and parents. I hope that I am able to bless them as much as they have blessed me.
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I previously taught in the public school as an undercover Christian Educator (and Young Life leader). And loved it. Now that my kids are older and we have moved on from homeschooling we felt that our local Christian School would be the best option for them. So I joined them there as there was a need for a math teacher. Now I don’t have to work undercover (which I have needed to adjust to) and amd loving the new season of our lives.
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My immediate past (the last 4 years) has been challenging and sad. We laid my wonderful mother to rest, whom we had been taking care of 24/7 in her home. I had been teaching part-time at a local college those years. When caretaking duties for her were over, the epidemic began raging, which forced the college to stop some programs. The program in which I was teaching closed indefinitely. My brother, who had been a valuable support for my son and I, moved states away. One of our beloved pets died. All of these things happened within one year. My son and I were left alone to take care of my father and his home as well as our own while going through deep grief. On top of all that I found myself without a job. After searching and applying and trying out all of my network, I came up with nothing. Then a teaching colleague from the college program that had closed gave me a call “out of the blue” and asked me to apply at the Christian school where I now teach. God clearly wanted me there, and I followed His direction. It is a blessing to know you are on the path that God has prepared for you to walk.
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I share with my students that I also went to a Christian school like where I teach. I tell them how much it has helped me throughout life to have the strong understanding of the Bible as I went to public high school and as an adult.
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The Lord called me to homeschool my children from Kindergarten to 8th grade. During that time, I totally trusted the Lord that he would equip me to take on this task. Admittedly, I didn’t feel that homeschooling was my strength, but I followed the Lord’s leading and dove into the homeschooling pool. I am so thankful that I did because it changed my life in learning to trust him when you don’t feel ready or equipped. He was faithful and I don’t regret homeschooling at all. The other area that has prepared me for teaching high school students in Health and PE is that I have been self employed running my own fitness business as a personal trainer and group ex instructor for 15 years. I never imagined that I would be getting ready to teach high school Freshman girls Health and PE, but God knew and he has been preparing me for this opportunity. It’s to fun to look back and see God’s hand weaving throughout your life when in the moment you couldn’t exactly see it, but you recognize it when you reflect and know He is such a good father in how he takes care of us!