so stressed...
Now that the school year is over, I have to find a job for the summer, and one for September. None of this is easy! I spend hours every day hunting online for jobs, and applying for *everything* I can find that I am eligible for.
I have applied to YRDSB, TDSB, PDSB and had no interviews.... I may end up just doing supply work in September, if I can get on the YRDSB OT list. I am okay with this option.
Pros: no real responsibility, only work school hours, no prep
Cons: never know where you will end up, requires car
I interviewed at a private school close to home. There are 3 positions there, and I am the most eligible candidate for all of them... I hope... I was told my resume seemed to come from Heaven, which is good right? Plus I was the first person they interviewed, which is good, right? They should finish interviewing this week, so I should know next week, right? :)
Pros: close to home, great if I get grade 3
Cons: might have to teach intermediate math, requires car
I can stay where I was this past school year. They are hiring a second teacher for the math/science half, so I can sort of pick and choose what I want to teach. Plus, I would be the senior staff.
Pros: I would be the senior staff
Cons: 3 hour daily commute, crazy students, inconvenient working environment, differing expectations from principal and director
These are the three options I really see right now. Of course, I am still applying all over the place, so I may end up somewhere else entirely in a position I haven't even thought of yet. I am open to options, because I really don't want to go back to where I was last year. Of course, the best option is a full time board job, but that is about as likely as pigs flying past my window.
The hardest part is not knowing. I know that I am inexperienced enough that I will need a lot of time to plan to do a great job. I don't know what to plan for, so I can't do anything. Plus, I am terrified that I might end up going back to where I was last year. I don't think I can handle that again. The school day will be extended, and there will be more kids, but they are all difficut kids. I would be dealing with pretty intense spec ed needs. I don't have that kind of training. Plus, the one student who I taught this year who is coming back is such a handful, and so awful to be around. He is so confrontational and aggressive that it is hard to be around him and to be nice.
Another annoying factor is how few jobs there are out there. How does one get a teaching job? Even if I could put a few years in at a private school before going public, I would be okay. In two years there should be a need for teachers because so many administrators are planning to retire. That doesn't help me this year or next year though... :S
In other news, I made chocolate cranberry biscotti with white chocolate chips today. I'll bring some to Dann's this weekend for the pig roast. His mom will just hide it away somewhere so no one eats it except the immediate family. haha They always do that when I bring good food over.
I have applied to YRDSB, TDSB, PDSB and had no interviews.... I may end up just doing supply work in September, if I can get on the YRDSB OT list. I am okay with this option.
Pros: no real responsibility, only work school hours, no prep
Cons: never know where you will end up, requires car
I interviewed at a private school close to home. There are 3 positions there, and I am the most eligible candidate for all of them... I hope... I was told my resume seemed to come from Heaven, which is good right? Plus I was the first person they interviewed, which is good, right? They should finish interviewing this week, so I should know next week, right? :)
Pros: close to home, great if I get grade 3
Cons: might have to teach intermediate math, requires car
I can stay where I was this past school year. They are hiring a second teacher for the math/science half, so I can sort of pick and choose what I want to teach. Plus, I would be the senior staff.
Pros: I would be the senior staff
Cons: 3 hour daily commute, crazy students, inconvenient working environment, differing expectations from principal and director
These are the three options I really see right now. Of course, I am still applying all over the place, so I may end up somewhere else entirely in a position I haven't even thought of yet. I am open to options, because I really don't want to go back to where I was last year. Of course, the best option is a full time board job, but that is about as likely as pigs flying past my window.
The hardest part is not knowing. I know that I am inexperienced enough that I will need a lot of time to plan to do a great job. I don't know what to plan for, so I can't do anything. Plus, I am terrified that I might end up going back to where I was last year. I don't think I can handle that again. The school day will be extended, and there will be more kids, but they are all difficut kids. I would be dealing with pretty intense spec ed needs. I don't have that kind of training. Plus, the one student who I taught this year who is coming back is such a handful, and so awful to be around. He is so confrontational and aggressive that it is hard to be around him and to be nice.
Another annoying factor is how few jobs there are out there. How does one get a teaching job? Even if I could put a few years in at a private school before going public, I would be okay. In two years there should be a need for teachers because so many administrators are planning to retire. That doesn't help me this year or next year though... :S
In other news, I made chocolate cranberry biscotti with white chocolate chips today. I'll bring some to Dann's this weekend for the pig roast. His mom will just hide it away somewhere so no one eats it except the immediate family. haha They always do that when I bring good food over.