Oh-oh-oh, those summer [days]...
(I saw my students' production of Grease on Saturday night and have had the damn songs in my head ever since. *smacks self in head in vain attempt to dislodge earworm*)
Anyway, it's a month until summer vacation, and I need something to do. I don't do well with vast chunks of unstructured time, so please help me structure it! Volunteer or paid gigs welcome. I would enjoy:
- Tutoring kids, fourth grade or older, in English/writing/basic computer skills/pretty much anything except higher-level math or science. Of course, all the volunteer tutoring programs I've found are school-year only.
- Helping adults with the same things.
- Doing food prep, especially baking, at a cafe (I have no professional experience, but I cook and bake a lot at home).
- Working outside.
- Decently-paid copy-editing (I'm good at this, and can provide references).
- Helping people clean up their houses/organize their crap. (Yes, really! I secretly aspire to be a TLC show.)
- Being an education volunteer someplace really nifty, like a museum or the Arboretum. (Most of these places seem to require a longer-than-summer commitment, but maybe there's something I haven't noticed?)
- Doing a lot of things I haven't thought of, probably.
I would be willing to:
- Do office-monkey work for a non-profit whose mission I believe in.
- Do office-monkey work for someone who'll pay me decently.
I would not enjoy:
- Anything involving children younger than 4th grade.
- Anything involving sports.
- Working a lot of evenings and weekends (some are fine).
- Working full-time.
- Commuting more than 45 min.-1 hr. frequently. (And of course I'm T-bound.)
- Committing to anything that requires me to start before June 13 or continue past Aug. 22.
- Volunteering somewhere where I'm just twiddling my thumbs.
Finding summer jobs is harder than it sounds! Most teachers (if they work at all) seem to work at a day camp (little kids give me hives), work at a residential camp (I don't want to disappear for the summer), or teach summer school (which doesn't need librarians). Eventually I'll figure out this summer thing, but until then I'll continue to rely on Dr. LJ.
(I also want to spend lots of time with you this summer! Yaaaay, free time!)
Anyway, it's a month until summer vacation, and I need something to do. I don't do well with vast chunks of unstructured time, so please help me structure it! Volunteer or paid gigs welcome. I would enjoy:
- Tutoring kids, fourth grade or older, in English/writing/basic computer skills/pretty much anything except higher-level math or science. Of course, all the volunteer tutoring programs I've found are school-year only.
- Helping adults with the same things.
- Doing food prep, especially baking, at a cafe (I have no professional experience, but I cook and bake a lot at home).
- Working outside.
- Decently-paid copy-editing (I'm good at this, and can provide references).
- Helping people clean up their houses/organize their crap. (Yes, really! I secretly aspire to be a TLC show.)
- Being an education volunteer someplace really nifty, like a museum or the Arboretum. (Most of these places seem to require a longer-than-summer commitment, but maybe there's something I haven't noticed?)
- Doing a lot of things I haven't thought of, probably.
I would be willing to:
- Do office-monkey work for a non-profit whose mission I believe in.
- Do office-monkey work for someone who'll pay me decently.
I would not enjoy:
- Anything involving children younger than 4th grade.
- Anything involving sports.
- Working a lot of evenings and weekends (some are fine).
- Working full-time.
- Commuting more than 45 min.-1 hr. frequently. (And of course I'm T-bound.)
- Committing to anything that requires me to start before June 13 or continue past Aug. 22.
- Volunteering somewhere where I'm just twiddling my thumbs.
Finding summer jobs is harder than it sounds! Most teachers (if they work at all) seem to work at a day camp (little kids give me hives), work at a residential camp (I don't want to disappear for the summer), or teach summer school (which doesn't need librarians). Eventually I'll figure out this summer thing, but until then I'll continue to rely on Dr. LJ.
(I also want to spend lots of time with you this summer! Yaaaay, free time!)