Exploring Roles

The blog this week is where I am at currently with my life.  I have been on a new job search for a year now.  Jobs within the local school districts in preschool whether it is through HeadStart, ECEAP or developmental preschool are hard to come by.  I would like to work within my local school district where my daughter attends so I keep applying for jobs at this point I am considering becoming under-employed just to get my foot in the door.  We are doing some creative thing in regards to meeting NCLB such as half days once a week for planning and conferencing both with parents and other teachers. In the k-6 grade level we have moved to 90 minutes of literature and math within the school day and have add in a new math curriculum that is hands on for k-3. 

The next job I have looked at but miss the dead line for applying will reapply if it comes open again is for our states new QRIS call Early Achievers. This job involves coaching or giving technical assistance to child care centers and family child care as they move up the tiers for more points and higher state reimbursement for child care services.  The job requires knowledge of child care and at least a bachelor degree.  Which I have both and a willingness to become a state trainer which I have no problem wanting to do since that is one of my capstone projects.

The last would be any job in any school district in the area or one in the Department of Early Learning which is where our QRIS system is located as well as our state licensing for child care centers and family child cares.  I have many of qualification for these jobs they just need to have an opening for employment. 

My saving grace is that I do have a job. I own my own family child care and I am able to use what I need to teach the children I care for to give them the best possible start to school and guidance in the later school years (1-6 grades). Also, whatever I have learned this past year I am able to use it as quickly as I can assimilate into my brain and make it mine.