Hello world!

Hello world!

My name is Leila. I will be taking you on my journey with me. What is my journey? Glad you asked. I just graduated from college at the age of 36 (Yay, me!). I am a late bloomer just in case you couldn’t tell.

I got my degree in Human Development from Azusa Pacific University (APU) in Azusa, CA a week ago on May 5th. Well, that was the date of the commencement ceremony. My degree will not post until June 15th when my final classes come in. I have to wait and see what my grades are in those classes are to see if it is enough to put me over the top to a 3.7 gpa to graduate cum laude.

So, now that all the bragging is out of the way, I digress. Let’s get back to my original topic about this wonderful journey that we are about to embark upon together. We are about to go on a journey of that of imagination- Okay, I’m straying again. The journey that we are about to embark upon together is a serious one. I am going to have the lives of many little people in my hands.

My goal is to be one of the best Resource Specialist teachers ever. I want to be a victim of my own success. I want to exit as many kids out of my program as I can.

In my current work as a special education assistant for L.A.U.S.D., I am a responsible for providing services to about fifteen special education student. I spend time in the classroom with them and I also pull them out of the classroom for individual attention. I work with the teacher of record to provide intense instruction in fluency, decoding and reading. I am so pleased with the students’ progress this year. I hope to have many more. I don’t know what is in store for me, but I can only do my best.

As we speak, I am preparing to take the CSET next Saturday, May 19th, so that the district will hire me. Pray for me because this is just the beginning of the journey. I would like for those like me to join me, cry with me if necessary and give some good advice as we go on our journey together. Pray for me and with me as we begin.