I got a job offer today. It's at my old school where I taught a pre-school/Kindergarten class (4 and 5-year-olds) right before grad school. I'd be the assistant director. This school is one of the three schools in the education foundation of the Sunrise Senior Assisted Living company. One of the schools goes up to 4th grade, and the other to 8th, but this school only serves infants-Kindergarten. I know it's a great company to work for. The school expanded right after I left and is now pretty large. As assistant director, the director and I would have joint responsibilities over parent relations, teacher management, and overseeing curriculum implementation.
I know it's a job that I could do really well at. The questions are: Would they pay me enough? (we haven't discussed pay yet) Is this job going to burn me out? (It's a day care, so the hours are long - 6:45 am - 6:15 pm, but hopefully I wouldn't have to be there this whole time) Is not having direct contact with students (not having my own class of kids) a big plus? Is the economy such that I need to take any job I can get right now? Would I want to teach in a regular school (public or private) instead and have summers off?
Any thoughts on these issues? I'd like to hear people's ideas.
2 comments:
It all comes down to the pay and the job alternatives.
I'd say take the job. THey aren't easy to come by right now. And congrats, by the way.
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