Welcome Elementary Teachers!

I've taught many grades in various circumstances. Certification was in Early Childhood Education, birth- age 8, preschool - 3rd grade.
Nursery school- in the basement of a church. 3 yr olds. 1 yr closed space
Kindergarten in Baltimore City, five blocks east of Johns Hopkins Hospital (the 'hood). I taught in a closet, at first, with the shelves still in there. Had some climbers, too. 1 3/4 yrs open space
Then, went to first grade in a school near a juvenile detention center and woman's prison. It was wealthier and poor and my-mom-is-in-jail type students. Very interesting population. 1 yr (last in, first transferred) open space
Then to second grade in a mostly white students population school. Taught science for the whole grade. Loved it. One computer teacher (with one classroom computer) and one social studies teacher. 1 yr open space
Then to 2/3 yr olds and then kindergarten and 4/5 yr olds in a nice nursery school. Mostly white again. Like more diverse populations. 1.5 yrs 4/5 yr olds and kindergarten in one space
Summer Camp (day), K-6th grade, in Washington, D.C. Finally, a diverse population of students and teachers, who were mostly young kids, as I called them. 1 summer Very fulfilling job closed space

Moved from Maryland and Virginia to Florida.

Kindergarten, more diverse population but still mostly white. (Difficult to find a diverse population in a small town in the Florida.) Open space. 1 3/4 yr.
Wal-Mart for 2.25 yrs while waiting for job to open where I have newly moved.

Kindergarten, as diverse as an 80% white area can be, in a middle to poor area. 1 3/4 yr closed space with open space in the middle so one teacher could see in your classroom but it was separate.
Simultaneously with above, ABE/GED/ESOL all together at Tax Collector's Office conference room and local detention center (jail) one night and on weekends. Fulfilling if a little scary at times. .5 yr closed space
Sylvan Learning Center, same area. 5-19 yr olds. 1 yr open spaced

I think that's it. Have had a lot of jobs and taught babies to adults, subbed in almost every grade. Am "retired" now- no jobs in area for yrs. Probably won't go back to teaching. I loved it a lot. Not the mounds of paperwork or beginning of testing but the classroom and the kids. In Baltimore City way back in the mid 1990s, I gave a standardized test to kindergarteners for two yrs. It was difficult and ridiculous.

There's my novel. Too many different jobs.