Instructional Aide News
Jun. 29th, 2009 03:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fabrisseI had an interview in Anacostia this morning. I loved the school, loved the woman who interviewed me.
But the commute wouldn't be cheap -- though not out of line with DC costs. Worse, some idiot at Metro had told me there would be only one bus that could get me there and it stopped running before the end of the school day.
An offer was made, and I was happy to be wanted, and I asked for a couple of hours to make the decision explaining about the commute issues. I was also up front about the fact that I had another interview at one. The principal gave me until four to make a decision.
I called before three -- after researching how to get home from work and a quick discussion on the financials with friends and family -- to find out she'd given the job to someone else.
She'll keep me in mind if another IA position opens. There's also a computer tech job that should be opening up there in a few weeks, and she's put me to the top of that list.
The other school, the one at the end of the block? It smelled bad. The person interviewing me had no idea there was a difference between an IA (who helps students directly with special programs) and a Teacher's Aide (who helps the teachers keep discipline). The whole place felt like -- for those of you who've read Good Omens -- the M25 motorway. On some level, just being there tarnished the soul a bit.
They'll let me know by the end of the week if they have an opening for me.
Tomorrow, I'll call other schools within walking distance and see if they'll interview me.
Financially, any Instructional Aide position is less than ideal. The pay rate would be less than half what I made in my last job. But there's health insurance. Possibly, I would get tuition remission for classes toward teacher certification, too.
I've also continued to search for work as if this opportunity hadn't happened. The one position that really thrilled me in the last batch (and some weeks there are none that thrill me) would be as an admin assistant for an office at NASA. This would be a job in walking distance from my apartment (about three blocks) with a pay rate at or better than I made in my last job, working for an organization and toward a goal I can believe in.
I'm so disappointed. I'm also a little relieved in that I might have one of the really great jobs come through and be able to accept.
I'm so confused.
But the commute wouldn't be cheap -- though not out of line with DC costs. Worse, some idiot at Metro had told me there would be only one bus that could get me there and it stopped running before the end of the school day.
An offer was made, and I was happy to be wanted, and I asked for a couple of hours to make the decision explaining about the commute issues. I was also up front about the fact that I had another interview at one. The principal gave me until four to make a decision.
I called before three -- after researching how to get home from work and a quick discussion on the financials with friends and family -- to find out she'd given the job to someone else.
She'll keep me in mind if another IA position opens. There's also a computer tech job that should be opening up there in a few weeks, and she's put me to the top of that list.
The other school, the one at the end of the block? It smelled bad. The person interviewing me had no idea there was a difference between an IA (who helps students directly with special programs) and a Teacher's Aide (who helps the teachers keep discipline). The whole place felt like -- for those of you who've read Good Omens -- the M25 motorway. On some level, just being there tarnished the soul a bit.
They'll let me know by the end of the week if they have an opening for me.
Tomorrow, I'll call other schools within walking distance and see if they'll interview me.
Financially, any Instructional Aide position is less than ideal. The pay rate would be less than half what I made in my last job. But there's health insurance. Possibly, I would get tuition remission for classes toward teacher certification, too.
I've also continued to search for work as if this opportunity hadn't happened. The one position that really thrilled me in the last batch (and some weeks there are none that thrill me) would be as an admin assistant for an office at NASA. This would be a job in walking distance from my apartment (about three blocks) with a pay rate at or better than I made in my last job, working for an organization and toward a goal I can believe in.
I'm so disappointed. I'm also a little relieved in that I might have one of the really great jobs come through and be able to accept.
I'm so confused.
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Date: 2009-06-29 07:51 pm (UTC)*crosses fingers*
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Date: 2009-06-30 02:43 am (UTC)I know how hard it is to type like that. ;-)
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Date: 2009-06-30 07:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-01 02:14 am (UTC)Thanks. I'm hoping.
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Date: 2009-06-30 03:08 pm (UTC)I'm so sorry, sweetie.
This annoys the crap out of me because it's sort of a cross between a Catch-22 and a type of discrimination. The limited jobs available to a person's educational background require a person to either have a big savings account or own a bloody car and have stash money for fuel. This totally blows. >:( We need a free transit system, frankly. I'd be willing to pay a tax to pay for that. It'd make finding (and keeping) a job a hell of a lot easier. My sister lives in Seattle and she has to spend $200 of her $700/month net income on bus fare. And that's just within a ten mile radius of where she lives. It blows. >:(
{{{{{{{{{{ hugs you }}}}}}}}}}}
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Date: 2009-07-01 02:16 am (UTC)Thanks for the hug. I kind of vegged most of today.
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Date: 2009-07-01 02:39 pm (UTC)Me too, though I've been doing a little of Sue's laundry for something to do. ;)