One of the schools I met at the Charter School Job Fair e-mailed me -- I have an interview next Tuesday for a special education teaching job! It's a charter high school in Brooklyn. It has been around for a few years now, and they have 600 students, about 9% of whom are entitled to special education services. It sounds like there's a whole special education department (I'm being interviewed by the department head), which is reassuring. When I worked as the special ed teacher at a charter school in the Bronx eight years ago (before the crazy principal fired me on Halloween), I WAS the special ed department, and I really didn't know what I was doing. I only have two full years of classroom teaching experience, so I need co-workers I can learn from.
Even though this school is in Brooklyn, it will still take me an hour and 10 minutes each way to get there. The school day is a full eight hours and starts at 8 AM, which means if I get the job and have to be there at 7:45 AM every day, I would have to leave my apartment at 6:20 AM (must allow 15 minutes of "what if there's a subway problem" time). 6:20 AM -- OUCH. I'd have to get up at 5:40 AM, so I'd have to go to bed by 9:40 PM every night just to get 8 hours of sleep. Ugh. I have never been a morning person, so that has always been one of my least favorite things about teaching -- having to go to bed and get up so, so early every day.
But right now I don't have to get up early at all, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it while it lasts!
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5:40am shouldn't be considered a real time. Although every couple of weeks I convince myself I'm going to get up at 5:30am and exercise before work. Yeah, it never happens.
ReplyDelete"5:40am shouldn't be considered a real time" -- ha ha! EXACTLY! Isn't that technically night time? I mean, the sun hasn't even risen yet. And I can totally relate to the exercise-before-work thing. When I was working 9 - 5, I managed to do it exactly once! Just not happening....
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed that you actually get 8 hours of sleep. Wow, I would be happy if I could get 6 - 7 hours. Just think you'll be done earlier, so you can get more things done. the only con is if you're a big t.v. watcher you may have to record you're favorite shows. good luck on your interview.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Me! Honestly, I think having time to get eight to nine hours of sleep every night is one of the best parts of being 'underemployed.' ;O
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