Partially Employed

So, due to aforementioned life drama that caused me to want to weep or go fetal whenever I thought about applying/interviewing/accepting a new job, I have instead been substitute teaching. It keeps me in the district and on their radar in case I lose my mind enough to want to go back to working full time, as well as giving me flexibility on time blah blah blah.

I had an interview for a full time teaching job last month. I couldn’t tell you exactly how it went, except that I thought it went swimmingly, and then the phone never rang one way or the other. Which, dude. Uncool.

Not that it mattered, really, because I had already decided that I wouldn’t take it if it was offered, because stress.

So I stuck with my decision made at the end of last year; if something falls into my lap – awesome, if not – no biggie.

And then I subbed for one day – ONE – at a charter school. They asked me to come in again, but when I got there, they had managed to schedule two different subs for the same position. When they mused aloud about maybe having one of us help the SpEd teacher out, I offered my background. As in, hello I am a certified Special Education teacher with fourteen years of experience – I’m fine with helping out.

The SpEd teacher was ECSTATIC. As she hadn’t been getting to any of the kids “push in” hours.

Two days later she calls me and asks if I’d be interested in working part time doing the same thing.

So today I met with the director and we hammered things out. I’m still considered a sub – this is a temporary position only.

But I’m working there three days a week, which makes my schedule SO MUCH EASIER rather than constantly trying to figure out which school I am working at on any given day. It means I can still sub other places on Mondays and Fridays.

AND I STILL DONT HAVE TO WRITE LESSON PLANS. HA!