Question...
I need some help on this decision, so lend me your opinions here, my lovelies:
I've always loved doing theater and music and performing in general and it's always been a goal of mine to eventually get involved in doing student plays/theater as part of my teaching career. Eventually. Right now I'm two weeks into my second year and both the principal and the woman who usually directs the student shows have asked me to come on board and either do an assistant director or musical director thing. I told them I was flattered, but seeing as it was only my second year and I'm doing a whole new curriculum on top of that, it might get to be overwhelming. They said fine and we left it at that.
Then today they asked me again... only this time they said they could get me a stipend for my work and I could set how much time I wanted to spend per week before we even began.
I have to say it's wicked tempting. This IS an eventual goal of mine, but I don't know if I'm ready for it now. On the other hand, I love getting money, especially for doing things I actually like. And lord knows it probably looks good on a resume for later jobs and all. I just need to know that I will still be able to put my classroom and sanity first.
So, thoughts?
I've always loved doing theater and music and performing in general and it's always been a goal of mine to eventually get involved in doing student plays/theater as part of my teaching career. Eventually. Right now I'm two weeks into my second year and both the principal and the woman who usually directs the student shows have asked me to come on board and either do an assistant director or musical director thing. I told them I was flattered, but seeing as it was only my second year and I'm doing a whole new curriculum on top of that, it might get to be overwhelming. They said fine and we left it at that.
Then today they asked me again... only this time they said they could get me a stipend for my work and I could set how much time I wanted to spend per week before we even began.
I have to say it's wicked tempting. This IS an eventual goal of mine, but I don't know if I'm ready for it now. On the other hand, I love getting money, especially for doing things I actually like. And lord knows it probably looks good on a resume for later jobs and all. I just need to know that I will still be able to put my classroom and sanity first.
So, thoughts?