Ya know what? Sometimes, I think I just need to stop and listen to my own advice...but when you're in the heat of the storm, it's hard in our flesh to get out of the PROBLEM and start telling the PROBLEM about YOUR GOD!!! (Although I truly thought I was doing that as I was laying hands on my stupid printer)...Anyway, i would be lying if I said that I was relaxed through any of this morning!! Even on my drive to the schools, I was struggling with my flesh. I told myself that I was doing the right thing by pressing on toward my goal and not quitting....and PRAISE GOD that I DIDN'T quit...because WHAT A BLESSING THE EXPERIENCE WAS!!!
My first stop was at a Christian daycare for a summer job (only I haven't told them that I just want to work for the summer yet) Anyway, as I requested directions to the actual building that held the daycare (because it's at a church)...I think I witnessed an act of God, and i'm still amazed at this one...but it had to be God!
I was approaching the building where the daycare center is located, and as I was walking up, there were some 1 and 2 year old children on the playground. All of the sudden, from the time that I was in sight distance of the playground, this little girl begins to shout to her teacher in excitement.
"KRISTI! KRISTI! IT'S KRISTI! IT'S KRISTI!" And i'm somewhat puzzled because I didnt' think that I knew anyone at this daycare center, and it turns out that I didn't know the little girl. But I smiled at her and approached the gate to receive further instruction on where to find the person I was looking for. The little girl stood right by the gate curious about me. And the little girl came inside with the adult as I met her.
Now, I find it amazing (and cute) that a little girl would shout out my name like that when she doesn't know me. So, in my amazement, i made a remark about that, and the daycare teacher asked the little girl "do you know her name?" She looked soooo cute, and just sat there and smiled at me. So I asked her "what's your name?" And she told me, and then in her mind, we were like best friends :) I think the whole situation was nothing short of God working!!!
If that wasn't enough to make my day, I got invited back for a working interview tomorrow and Friday. Funny thing about daycares...when you're interviewing for the 2 year old classroom, the people always seem nervous...they have that "are you sure? You know they're living terrors!" kind of expressions on their face. It makes you wonder why every daycare only has 2 year old positions available, LOL :)
Anyway, so I have that interview tomorrow. This excited me, and with my newfound excitement, I thanked God (because He's the one who gave me grace and favor with the lady there), and I headed off to my first middle school destination to apply for a teacher aide position.
A couple of things about a teacher aide position. One: I am WAY overqualified for it because I am already a certified teacher (these positions only require HS diploma and experience with kids). TWO: Most people would think that I'm INSANE for applying "beneath me" Well forgive me for not wanting to step into a classroom with an ever-increasing number of students to control---PLUS if i'm a CLASSROOM teacher on the elementary level I have to deal with holiday crap like Halloween---NO THANK YOU!!! And what i discovered last year is that GOD has blessed me with the ability to teach small groups and individuals---TRUE, i CAN teach a classroom, BUT WOW....put me in a small group---AMAZING DIFFERENCE...small groups are my gift!
Anyway, so i was going to apply for these teacher aide positions because I now have obtained Erik's permission to do so, and it would make me MUCH happier to start there than to hear a million more principals tell me that I'm perfect for the job, but they don't want me because of no experience. So I started on my journey.
My journey led me to my first middle school, and I didn't know what it was, but I just couldn't shake the feeling of IKKY off my shoulders. The school DID NOT look inviting at all, and most of the doors had signs up that they were closed until today for rennovations---as in GO AWAY and DON"T COME BACK until we open our doors....well the signs weren't mean, but that's seriously the impression I got. There were very few cars, and all the doors were locked, and the school just looked BIG...REALLY REALLY ugly and BIG. I tried to reason with myself by saying that it was just that i was used to inviting elementary schools. SO, i decided that I was going to come back tomorrow or some other time.
Then it was time for me to set out to my next destination...another middle school, yay! This one was MUCH more inviting. There was even this little girl who KINDLY opened the door for me when I got there. I walked into the school (no nasty forbidding stuff signs posted here) and requested to speak to the principal. For a minute, I thought I had asked the unforgiveable question because the registrar person or whover she was looked at me with a blank stare for like 2 minutes before she said "okay, i'll go check."
When she came back, I got a nod of approval, and then this guy came out to meet me. He was not who I expected, and he was not the principal. But he was friendly enough, telling me about how he was rearranging and cleaning his office (gee, do I know about that?) I thought it was cool, and after he rearranged some furniture, we sat down to talk. I was almost laughing every second of the way, because I think I totally caught this guy off guard.
Right off the bat, he told me that for this content mastery position, they were looking for someone with a strong background in math. I told him that I had just finished a math tutoring position at an elementary school, and I had also done private math tutoring both on an elementary and middle school level. I also informed him that I had plans of pursuing my middle school certification in math within the school year. By this time, i had his attention, which was a nice change to "we like you, but you're not experienced."
Then he told me that he wanted to take some basic notes down about my experience...sort of a pre-interview type thing. He asked me why I was even interested in the position because NORMALLY certified teachers don't want to work as an aide in content mastery. I explained to him that I really liked the job I had just come out of and wanted to continue working in that area. I also explained to him that I enjoy small group settings. In addition, working in THIS job would help me get my foot into the middle school door while i pursue my certification for math and middle school.
Before too long, he told me that he would DEFINETELY be calling me in for an interview, and by the way, what was my schedule tomorrow, LOL! I had to tell him that I had a job interview for a summer position, but I assured him it was only for the summer. He told me that they would work around my schedule and wanted to schedule an interview for SOON...it changed from next week (when he first met me) to an ASAP type of thing.
Now I just await his phone call to schedule the interview. God is an AMAZING God, and I just pray for grace and favor as i do this interview so that I might end up with this WONDERFULLY EXCITING job opportunity....
Want to know the coolest part of it all??? It has secretly been my desire to teach middle school for I don't know how long! And if I get my certification for middle school math---i will be wanted EVERYWHERE...and I won't have to go through all the crap I've been through so far---AND i'll have the added bonus of having worked with middle school too :)
SOOOOO- I will await the judgement to see what happens with this pretty for sure going to happen interview. If you read this, please pray along with me that I will have grace and favor with the staff of this school so that I can step into another one of my dreams.
GOD IS AN AWESOME GOD...and once again, satan loses!!!
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