Night School and the Work World

There hasn't been any post-season wrestling this year, so I said, "Yes," to night school. It's two and a half hours of work that starts shortly after the normal day. I only do it once a week. Other teachers cover the other two nights.

It's a long day, but it's helped the school calm down. We have a few seniors who are now free to work during the day and then come in a few times a week to finish a final course or two (without starting drama!).

I'm feeling conflicted with my job search, to be honest.

At the beginning of the year, I was ready. I was burned out. It was tough at work. There was tough stuff out of work, and when Carrie said she was ready to look at moving I was more open to the idea than I otherwise would of been. I liked the idea of a fresh start.

Fast forward to now. We're in the middle of the moving process and I've started to apply to places. Work is still tough, but God pulled me around a corner during the winter. I still feel the burn out, but I'm also thinking about all the things I like about my job, the students, and the people I work with.

I don't like pulling up roots. I've never liked that initial part of moving and now I'm being picky about what new jobs apply for. Current total: 3. When we first moved to the area, it was near 30!

My first interview is next week. I wanted to get an interview slot before or after school. They wanted to interview me during my planning. I agreed, but Carrie said, "You don't sound too excited." I'm not, because, my planning time is rarely quiet planning time. Students drop in, situations develop, classes need to be covered and I can see it going south. I didn't want to miss out on interviewing and getting some practice in, but I'd rather not have students barge in and discover I'm considering moving on either.

To top it off, I just found out I'm nominated for another Golden Apple! It took me by total surprise. I figured I had my turn a couple years ago and it'd be someone else's. I'm flattered my new boss thought to nominate me....on a year I haven't felt in top form and am gearing up to switch schools.

Perhaps, you can see the conflict in that last statement.

The plan is to pray and go ahead with interviews for non-SPED jobs (mainly math) at the schools I consider a good commute from our future address and see what develops. If nothing materializes, I'll go back and apply for SPED positions.