more changes in my life
ever since spring break ended almost a month ago i’ve been extremely busy.... i went to the board meeting on the second day back and found out that my principal was resigning, which prompted a series of teacher meetings and more board meetings trying to decide the future of the school. i knew that there was a potential the school would not be the right place for me next year, but i was still hopeful. so while i was looking around for other job opportunities, i still thought that my school would live up to its potential. i was also hoping that they would make an offer of pay that matched what they promised me after the first two years.
the busy-ness has continued over the past 3 weeks and i’ve even interviewed at another school which i ended up not liking. and now, i know the busy-ness will continue even longer.
yesterday i got my job offer for next school year. first off, they relocated me to the farm campus. i think the decision behind this was probably cuz they need to hire a math teacher to replace the principal who taught calculus and pre-cal and that person should be on the high school campus, thereby bumping me to the junior high. i’m not qualified to teach calc or pre-cal according to my credential, so it makes sense to move me instead of hiring someone on the farm who teaches the two higher classes.
secondly, they didn’t match the pay that was promised at the time of my hiring 2 years ago. this makes sense for them because they don’t really have the money in the budget for me, but i’m a little disheartened by the way in which that was handled. even though i’ve had this conversation with the school several times, i was told yesterday that they don’t remember those conversations. i would have been more impressed with the offer if they acknowledged the promise and then said they couldn’t fit it in the budget instead of telling me they don’t remember it. currently, i feel like i’m not being appreciated as much as i would like to be. not just the pay thing, but that they can’t keep their promise to me or even make me feel like they’re sorry about that.
over this past month, i realized that there’s three aspects to a job when i consider whether or not to take it - i CANNOT be underpaid, overworked, and not like my job. ideally, i would be paid well for a job i like and not feel extremely drained at the end of the day. and moving to the farm school would keep me even busier than i am now, and i would be underpaid (anywhere between 8k-20k less than other districts!), and it isn’t the job i want it to be. i might enjoy being at the farm, but i really want to be with my students at the high school! so looking at the offer, i know it wouldn’t be a good fit for me…
and even if i took the job, i know now that i will not be teaching at the high school next year. i’ve been planning next year’s projects and winterim trips with several students and i know there is no way i will be able to do that anymore. i won’t be their teacher and at the closest i’ll be at the farm.
but i don’t think i’ll even be there at the farm - i’m now looking all over the place…
and so once again my life is up in the air, and i’m looking for changes. anything’s a possibility! i’m even toying with the idea of going back to classes and picking up another degree =) who knows, i might like doing something else! right now, the future is very uncertain but i’m gonna look at it as the best opportunity to pursue anything i want!
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