On the bright side, she's beginning to see that working for a private institution is nice. A big difference is the benefits. She'll be canceling the medical insurance plan with the public schools and switching to this one because it's not only cheaper, but they have a better program. There are a lot of resources, lots of training, and she got paid for 25 hours of prep this week. There was orientation for parents today, and the Extended Day Program she'll be teaching starts on Monday. She and her teaching assistant will be in charge of teaching 20 four year olds each afternoon. She has to turn in weekly lesson plans, but at least there is another teacher in the other class to brainstorm with. The teaching assistants have been there for many years, too, so they bring a lot of hands-on experience. The population of kids is different from the upper class neighborhood she teaches elementary school at. But, it will be a nice change to get back to her roots. She will get to incorporate Hawaiian language into her daily lessons, something she really hasn't used since high school. All of the families are local families as opposed to her mostly Japanese national families at the elementary school. Some of the parents are graduates of her high school, and in fact, three staff members have daughters that were in her graduating class. She's excited for the change, but wondering how she's going to manage the workload at the elementary school. There are still grants to write and report cards to do, all at home now.
She'll also probably start cooking dinner and freezing meals on the weekends, since the weeknights are just way too busy and frantic.
The only thing that's different is that I've been spending a lot more time at Nana's and Pop's house since they pick me up from the sitter every day and now Daddy picks me up from their house since he gets off of work before Mom now.
Mom's going to try to spend quality time with me on the weekends since she doesn't get to play with me a whole lot during the work week now....If she's not catching up on her sleep, that is.
OMG! Are you biting off more than you can chew?
ReplyDeletedon't wear yourself out....I guess it is too late to say THAT! Wouldn't it be just a peach of situation to get hired on full time at your alma mater?
Actually it's going better than I thought. The commute in the afternoon kills me though, since I feel like falling asleep driving in bumper to bumper traffic in the heat of the afternoon sun. But, 30-40 minutes seems to be the norm, which is okay. My 4 year olds are cute....The few that were crying at the beginning of this week are crying less now. We get 1-2 hours of prep before the kids start, so I get to eat lunch and relax in between "shifts". Plus, I'll get better benefits working with Kamehameha, so that's a plus. I can really tell the difference between working for a private school that has a lot of resources and money vs. working for public school (where I don't get paid for prep time, don't get a lunch break, and have to pay for a lot of stuff out of pocket). I'm managing...and I even went to 5:30 am yoga this morning!
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