Got ' Er Done!

Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, that albatross, that magnum opus, that pain in the bee-hind, nearly-turned-my-husband-into-a-gibbering-wackjob portfolio is DONE.  Jesse officially mailed out his National Board Certification Portfolio Wednesday at lunchtime. 

He and I had gone through a final organizational checklist Tuesday night before putting it all into the official provided cardboard box (looked kinda like a Schwann's chicken tender box) and TAPING THAT B*TCH UP.  (Pardon the implied language . . . )  The next two hours consisted of good veggie pizza, Weimer wine, Lonesome Dove on Netflix, and me reiterating to Jesse that, No, he did NOT have to open the box to read through Entry 4 JUST ONE MORE TIME.

You can probably see in the pictures that Jess was a little cracked out at this point.  All kidding aside, this portfolio has been one of the most intensive, detailed, time-consuming and effort-full projects he has undertaken in a loooong time.  I am so proud of him for his desire to be a better teacher and for all the hard work he has done to make that happen!  Next up?  He has to pass the written portion of his certification sometime in June.  And then, he'll find out if he passed both portions in . . .  November??!!  Yeah.  I realize that all these portfolios have to be read through, analyzed, hand-graded . . . but really?  He won't find out if he has to re-do anything til November?  Ah well.  At least that means he gets a break in the National Board action til then.

And if you see my husband, wandering around, muttering to himself about expository writing prompts and supplementary materials - or even unconsciously repeating his National Board ID # over and over a-la Hugo in "Lost" - don't worry.  It will pass.

:)