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Article: A new teacher's first year: a new career and technical education teacher shares some of the experiences of her first year of teaching. .(Cover Story)
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- Techniques
- Article date:
- May 1, 2003
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Darby Thompson had just gotten her first full-time teaching job when I met her at the 2001 ACTE convention in New Orleans, where she was helping present one of the poster sessions. She was so excited! She started her new job in January 2002, and in March 2003, I checked in with her to see how her first year had gone.
The first thing I found out is that she is now Darby Sewell. As if starting her teaching job wasn't enough, she had also gotten married in May. And how was her first year of teaching? Sometimes stressful, often demanding and, says Sewell, "... wonderful. I love it."
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