A Summer of Change...

Next fall as school starts... I won't be in a class room teaching Science everyday. That is going to take some getting used to again.

I have accepted a position with the Region 14 Educational Service Center (ESC). Most people outside the educational community have never heard of an ESC. They act as conduits for information and training from the Texas Education Agency, housed in Austin, to the local school districts. Normally, the way it works is the State Legislature or State School Board makes laws and edicts causing changes with a broad scope. The Texas Education Agency then draws together state resources, and fundamental statewide training plans and initiatives. They also flesh out the administrative code and practices. These are disseminated to ESC employees who further refine the material and design training to assist districts in meeting the new guidelines and laws.

The position I have been offered will be as a Science/Technology Consultant. The position is a new one in the Curriculum Integration and Support department. Although many of the guidelines for the job are still open they said I would be training and working with science teachers from throughout the school districts in Region 14, and occasionally working with students who have had difficulties with the TAKS test.

We are very excited. We know we will be moving in the future, although we have no definite plan as of when. I can drive to Abilene and back until the house here sells, which could be tomorrow or a year from now. I have a lot of things to do at church before we leave to make sure that things in place will become sustaining.

I guess in light of half of Brandy's family being pregnant, and another half building and moving into the first New Mexico "Church of Christ compound" (some doing both), adding another move and job change to the prayer list shouldn't be too much.