Organizing thoughts
Dec. 18th, 2003 05:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
danaerisQuestions I need to ask them:
Misgivings I have:
The last time I was unemployed, I ended up telefundraising for the SF Symphony for $8/hour, 16 hours/week. I expect that el crappo job I could count on getting would pay $10/hour. So the point at which this job reaches the $10/hour threshold is if I ended up working 9 hours/day I worked. If I end up working 6 hours/day I work, it will be equivalent to getting paid $15/hour. So its not great pay, but it isn't hugely shitty. And if I get to teach a study period, the numbers change... the first number will be if I wind up working 11.5 hours/day, and the second number would be $19/hour.
I'm hella stressed out over this decision. Nay sayers seem convinced its the wrong decision, everyone else thinks I should take the job, except for perhaps![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
coffeekitty and guhrrl who both reserved judgement but had intelligent questions.
Thank you everyone for helping me through this decision. Even if I have dismissed your input, it was extremely helpful because it enabled me to address the possibility.
- Are there any time commitments beyond in class time, lesson plan prep, grading, and test/homework prep, such as extracurriculars, parent-teacher interviews, office hours, etc.?
- Is there a study period available for me to teach this term?
- Will I be paid a full month for June, or a half month?
- Is it possible to designate this as a full time job without benefits? Are you a private non-profit? (If yes to both I qualify for loan defaults, more every year I stay with them)
- Do any of the students have trouble communicating in English?
- Will you be monitoring my lesson plans? Grade book? How often should I be testing them? How often should I be assigning homeworks? How often will you be visiting my class to monitor my teaching?
Misgivings I have:
- Will I be able to properly "handle" the high school kids in the battleground environment?
- How long will the lesson prep time take? Given that, will the amount of time I'm putting into it be worth the amount of money I'm getting out of it?
- How long will the lesson prep time take? Given that, will I have adequate time to freelance?
The last time I was unemployed, I ended up telefundraising for the SF Symphony for $8/hour, 16 hours/week. I expect that el crappo job I could count on getting would pay $10/hour. So the point at which this job reaches the $10/hour threshold is if I ended up working 9 hours/day I worked. If I end up working 6 hours/day I work, it will be equivalent to getting paid $15/hour. So its not great pay, but it isn't hugely shitty. And if I get to teach a study period, the numbers change... the first number will be if I wind up working 11.5 hours/day, and the second number would be $19/hour.
I'm hella stressed out over this decision. Nay sayers seem convinced its the wrong decision, everyone else thinks I should take the job, except for perhaps
coffeekitty and guhrrl who both reserved judgement but had intelligent questions.Thank you everyone for helping me through this decision. Even if I have dismissed your input, it was extremely helpful because it enabled me to address the possibility.
