My partner for this assignment was Rebekah. I was the employee and she was the boss.
My biggest argument and most important was that I pointed out that I was the only bilingual person that worked for our program and my site requires a bilingual person because there is so many Spanish speaking parents. I have been called many times by other Site Coordinators when they can not talk to parents. Who would they call if I was not available?
I told her that this was my 3rd year at the same site and already thinking of improvements for the next year.
My site is very unique, aside from keeping up with all the requirements of the program I also have to keep track of all the other things that are after school. For example, Jr. Giants, choir, band, bible study, and all the other things going on after school.
Rebekah agreed that it does make a great difference being bilingual and that it is necessary to have someone who can talk to the Spanish speaking parents and thought I deserved a raise. I think I would really love to have Rebekah be my boss.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
I don't want to go to work
I am not at work yet and already irritated with the idea of having to go in to the office and seeing my supervisor. I can not stand her! She is so negative about everything and always find something to complain about. I've thought about telling her how negative she is and letting her know that we need to have more support from her. She has had this position for 7 months and this is my 3rd year doing my job, if there was something that I needed to do differently I'm sure someone else would have brought it up to me already. When her position became available I had the opportunity to apply for it, it would have been better pay and easier than my job but I denied it. I love what I do!
We have 2 supervisors that we're suppose to contact if we need any assistance and she reports to our senior supervisor. My buddy and I run the site and have our rec-leaders that w e supervise. Last week the 2nd supervisor resigned from his position. He was the most supportive and reliable of them both. He was a school counselor before he took this job so he approached any situation that we had differently and made us feel supported. So now we're stuck with her!
Sandra always find something negative to say about anything that we talk to her about. When she does site visits it's just to talk to us about something that we're doing wrong. During her visit she does not have any interaction with our kids and never talks to our staff. My staff hates her too! John would come and talk to the kids, ask how their day was and what they were doing? He always pointed out good things that my staff was doing and encouraged them to keep doing a good job. After doing all those things he would talk to me about what he needed to talk about. Sandra is just in and out of our site. I just don't see how a supervisor is going to be so negative and always focus on the most minimal things in the situation. She always has a suggestion on how we could have done things differently. I'm sure many of you have had horrible supervisors but I can honestly say this is my first.
I started to think about this situation and wondered what I can do about it? So I have came up with a positive way to look at this situation and have her to thank her for it. She reminds me how to be a good supervisor all the time. I remember to praise my staff more often for all the good things that they do and try to be more positive all the time. When I have an issue with one of my staff member I remember to point out all the good things that they are doing and then tell them what they need to improve on. I take away all the negativity by focusing on the good things they do and ask for some extra effort on what they are not doing well.
There's always room for improvement and I'm focusing on what I can do differently to make things better.
Now I'm off to work.
We have 2 supervisors that we're suppose to contact if we need any assistance and she reports to our senior supervisor. My buddy and I run the site and have our rec-leaders that w e supervise. Last week the 2nd supervisor resigned from his position. He was the most supportive and reliable of them both. He was a school counselor before he took this job so he approached any situation that we had differently and made us feel supported. So now we're stuck with her!
Sandra always find something negative to say about anything that we talk to her about. When she does site visits it's just to talk to us about something that we're doing wrong. During her visit she does not have any interaction with our kids and never talks to our staff. My staff hates her too! John would come and talk to the kids, ask how their day was and what they were doing? He always pointed out good things that my staff was doing and encouraged them to keep doing a good job. After doing all those things he would talk to me about what he needed to talk about. Sandra is just in and out of our site. I just don't see how a supervisor is going to be so negative and always focus on the most minimal things in the situation. She always has a suggestion on how we could have done things differently. I'm sure many of you have had horrible supervisors but I can honestly say this is my first.
I started to think about this situation and wondered what I can do about it? So I have came up with a positive way to look at this situation and have her to thank her for it. She reminds me how to be a good supervisor all the time. I remember to praise my staff more often for all the good things that they do and try to be more positive all the time. When I have an issue with one of my staff member I remember to point out all the good things that they are doing and then tell them what they need to improve on. I take away all the negativity by focusing on the good things they do and ask for some extra effort on what they are not doing well.
There's always room for improvement and I'm focusing on what I can do differently to make things better.
Now I'm off to work.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
What a nice day it is today
I would just like to mention that it is such a beautiful day outside! I have tried to be outside as much as possible. I even went as far as to take my paperwork with me and sit outside on the benches rather than to be inside. I like it when it's like this in Sacramento because it reminds me of Watsonville. I was born and raised in Watsonville, I lived there all my life till I moved up here for school. Watsonville is the strawberry capital, 10 minutes south of Santa Cruz and 45 minutes north of Monterey, for those of you who have never heard of it. Since it's right on the coast the sun will be nice and warm while the cool breeze keeps me nice and cool. I LOVE IT!!!
Friday, April 20, 2007
Emotional IQ Test
I made a mistake when I posted my score.
I scored a 132.
I scored a 132.
I guess it's just verification and confirmation of what I already know about myself.
I do feel like I can deal with my own emotions and those of others. For the most part I can control my moods and feel that as I'm getting older I'm doing a much better job. Working with kids has made a great difference in how I deal with my emotions. Even if at times I feel like I don't know why I'm being so emotional or sensitive about the dumbest things. I have goals and dreams and I am determined to make them happen! I am a social butterfly and find it easy to make friends or acquaintances. AND I always say, "Don't confuse my kindness for a weakness," I'm always willing to help in anyway that I can. I think I have great advice even if at times I may not say what you want to hear it is always better to be honest than lying to you to make you feel better for that specific moment. Reality will eventually set in.
I do feel like I can deal with my own emotions and those of others. For the most part I can control my moods and feel that as I'm getting older I'm doing a much better job. Working with kids has made a great difference in how I deal with my emotions. Even if at times I feel like I don't know why I'm being so emotional or sensitive about the dumbest things. I have goals and dreams and I am determined to make them happen! I am a social butterfly and find it easy to make friends or acquaintances. AND I always say, "Don't confuse my kindness for a weakness," I'm always willing to help in anyway that I can. I think I have great advice even if at times I may not say what you want to hear it is always better to be honest than lying to you to make you feel better for that specific moment. Reality will eventually set in.
Erin Brokovich
The movie started off great and presented the theme of the entire movie and which was that Erin had to look for a job to support her 3 children. While she was out interviewing and looking for a job she is hit by another person and she ends up with injuries and decides to get a lawyer to help her fight the case. The lawyer told her that he was good and that she would have nothing to worry about but when she looses the case she is frustrated and wants answers from her lawyer. (Coincidentally the day she looses the case her baby sitter tells her that she will no longer be able to take care of her children and since she got so much money from winning the case she has nothing to worry about because she can find a better baby sitter. Little did she know that she lost the case.) She calls, calls and continue to call but never gets a call back from her lawyer. She decides to resolve the problem by going down to his office and pretending to be one of his employees. He sees her in the office and immediately recognizes her. He asks her what she was doing and she tells him that since he was not able to call her back she decided to take matters into her own hands and start working for him cause she needs a job. She basically demands a job and when he denies her she negotiates with him. She asks him to give her a chance and at least if it does not work out he can dismiss her. He agrees.
While she is reviewing some of the cases she finds a case that does not make any sense because there is PG&E and doctor bills included and just does not make sense. She asks him if she can investigate the case and he allows her. Well after not showing up to work for some days she returns to find her stuff in a box because she had been fired. She marches right in to her office and demands an explanation since she was doing was her job and he had allowed her to investigate. It is here that she tells him what he had been doing and tells him that she also thinks that she may have discovered a cover up. When I say she demands I mean she was not nice about it, she yelled and barged right in to the office. This is not her best communications skills yet is is exactly what he needs to hear. Yet he tells her that there are proper ways of investigating a case and the way that she went about it is not allowed so her consequence is that she is fired.
Erin is left EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED without a job,no money or food and is desperate because she has 3 kids to feed. After she has been looking for a job, calling around trying to get interviews she gets a call and it's her former boss asking her random questions about the case she was investigating and she is a smart ass with him telling him that she is aware of all the things he has discovered and that was exactly what she was investigating and that maybe if he would have payed attention she could have told him this herself. He goes to her house and ask her questions about the case and eventually rehires her. She makes an excellent point by asking for a raise, benefits and a cell phone because of all the traveling that she will be doing. He agrees because he knows she has an excellent point.
She continues to investigate using ALL her resources through out her investigation. As it turns out, what once may have been her curse while she was working in the office turns out to be her best asset in the field. She showed up to work in nice clothing but not the most professional because some of her outfits were a bit revealing and sexy. The woman in the office did not like her because of this and were rude to her all the time. However, in the field when she is doing her investigation she was able to talk to allot more people if she convinced some of the men.
All these problems seem realistic from a single mom with 3 kids and struggling to find a decent job, to the catty woman she works with, threats she receives for doing the investigation, to using her charming personality to get something she needs.
I think that if I was in her shoes I would have reacted the same exact way. She reminds me of myself. I think Erin's character handles this perfectly because if she was not as blunt, aggressive and assertive she would have not been as successful.
Erin's conflict management style is a competing shark which is exactly what she needs to be. There were times that she yelled at her boss and said somethings that were not appropriate at all but never got fired.
The movie concluded perfectly and Erin continues to work for the same law firm.
While she is reviewing some of the cases she finds a case that does not make any sense because there is PG&E and doctor bills included and just does not make sense. She asks him if she can investigate the case and he allows her. Well after not showing up to work for some days she returns to find her stuff in a box because she had been fired. She marches right in to her office and demands an explanation since she was doing was her job and he had allowed her to investigate. It is here that she tells him what he had been doing and tells him that she also thinks that she may have discovered a cover up. When I say she demands I mean she was not nice about it, she yelled and barged right in to the office. This is not her best communications skills yet is is exactly what he needs to hear. Yet he tells her that there are proper ways of investigating a case and the way that she went about it is not allowed so her consequence is that she is fired.
Erin is left EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED without a job,no money or food and is desperate because she has 3 kids to feed. After she has been looking for a job, calling around trying to get interviews she gets a call and it's her former boss asking her random questions about the case she was investigating and she is a smart ass with him telling him that she is aware of all the things he has discovered and that was exactly what she was investigating and that maybe if he would have payed attention she could have told him this herself. He goes to her house and ask her questions about the case and eventually rehires her. She makes an excellent point by asking for a raise, benefits and a cell phone because of all the traveling that she will be doing. He agrees because he knows she has an excellent point.
She continues to investigate using ALL her resources through out her investigation. As it turns out, what once may have been her curse while she was working in the office turns out to be her best asset in the field. She showed up to work in nice clothing but not the most professional because some of her outfits were a bit revealing and sexy. The woman in the office did not like her because of this and were rude to her all the time. However, in the field when she is doing her investigation she was able to talk to allot more people if she convinced some of the men.
All these problems seem realistic from a single mom with 3 kids and struggling to find a decent job, to the catty woman she works with, threats she receives for doing the investigation, to using her charming personality to get something she needs.
I think that if I was in her shoes I would have reacted the same exact way. She reminds me of myself. I think Erin's character handles this perfectly because if she was not as blunt, aggressive and assertive she would have not been as successful.
Erin's conflict management style is a competing shark which is exactly what she needs to be. There were times that she yelled at her boss and said somethings that were not appropriate at all but never got fired.
The movie concluded perfectly and Erin continues to work for the same law firm.
Communication Test
Your results indicate that you are extremely adept at interpreting other people’s words and actions and seeing things from their perspective, which likely results in very few misunderstandings. You seem to realize that empathy is an essential part of good interpersonal skills and therefore, will do your best to place yourself in other people’s shoes in order to better understand them. You can generally get a good sense of what others are thinking and will likely adjust yourself accordingly if the people you’re conversing with seem confused or perhaps uncomfortable. Good job!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
My summer
So I have decided to take the summer school position at the middle school during the summer. I think it will be a new experience and definitely a challenge worth taking. If I end up without any hair and the rest of my hair that is left on my head is gray then you will know why. LOL! That's middle school for you.
MOOD: Stressed yet optimistic
MOOD: Stressed yet optimistic
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Personal work style
I scored a 35 in D and 25 in I.
Dominance: Direct and Decisive.D's are strong-willed, strong-minded people who like accepting challenges, taking action, and getting immediate results.
Influence: Optimistic and Outgoing.I's are "people people" who like participating on teams, sharing ideas, and energizing and entertaining others.
Dominance: Direct and Decisive.D's are strong-willed, strong-minded people who like accepting challenges, taking action, and getting immediate results.
Influence: Optimistic and Outgoing.I's are "people people" who like participating on teams, sharing ideas, and energizing and entertaining others.
Conflict Management Style
My dominant style is Competing/ Forcing Shark with a score of 3 and I scored a 4 in the Collaborating Owl.
The Competing Shark
Sharks use a forcing or competing conflict management style.
Sharks are highly goal-oriented.
Relationships take on a lower priority.
Sharks do not hesitate to use aggressive behaviour to resolve conflicts.
Sharks can be autocratic, authoritative, and uncooperative; threatening and intimidating.
Sharks have a need to win; therefore others must lose, creating win-lose situations.
Advantage: If the shark's decision is correct, a better decision without compromise can result.
Disadvantage: May breed hostility and resentment toward the person using it.
Appropriate times to use a Shark style:
when conflict involves personal differences that are difficult to change
when fostering intimate or supportive relationships is not critical
when others are likely to take advantage of noncompetitive behaviour
when conflict resolution is urgent; when decision is vital in crisis
when unpopular decisions need to be implemented.
The Collaborating Owl Owls use a collaborating or problem confronting conflict management style valuing their goals and relationships. Owls view conflicts as problems to be solved finding solutions agreeable to all sides (win-win). Advantage: both sides get what they want and negative feelings eliminated. Disadvantage: takes a great deal of time and effort. Appropriate times to use an Owl Style: when maintaining relationships is important when time is not a concern when peer conflict is involved when trying to gain commitment through consensus building when learning and trying to merge differing perspectives.
The Competing Shark
Sharks use a forcing or competing conflict management style.
Sharks are highly goal-oriented.
Relationships take on a lower priority.
Sharks do not hesitate to use aggressive behaviour to resolve conflicts.
Sharks can be autocratic, authoritative, and uncooperative; threatening and intimidating.
Sharks have a need to win; therefore others must lose, creating win-lose situations.
Advantage: If the shark's decision is correct, a better decision without compromise can result.
Disadvantage: May breed hostility and resentment toward the person using it.
Appropriate times to use a Shark style:
when conflict involves personal differences that are difficult to change
when fostering intimate or supportive relationships is not critical
when others are likely to take advantage of noncompetitive behaviour
when conflict resolution is urgent; when decision is vital in crisis
when unpopular decisions need to be implemented.
The Collaborating Owl Owls use a collaborating or problem confronting conflict management style valuing their goals and relationships. Owls view conflicts as problems to be solved finding solutions agreeable to all sides (win-win). Advantage: both sides get what they want and negative feelings eliminated. Disadvantage: takes a great deal of time and effort. Appropriate times to use an Owl Style: when maintaining relationships is important when time is not a concern when peer conflict is involved when trying to gain commitment through consensus building when learning and trying to merge differing perspectives.
Tieger-Baron Assessment
How I prefer to interact with the world is:
Extraverts (E) prefer to focus their attention and process the world on the outer world of people and things.
I process information:
Sensers (S) prefer to deal with information that is tangible, factual, and objective. They prefer data to ideas. They typically like spreadsheets, reports, charts, graphs, facts and figures.
How I make decisions:
Thinkers (T) base their decisions on objective logic. They are “black of white” thinkers and prefer logic and reasoning over emotion. They are typically “bottom line” oriented and want to make decisions that make sense to them.
How I like to live your life.
Judgers (J) prefer order, structure, and organization. They’re the “Things I’ve Got to Do Today” list makers. They like to feel in control of their environment and their life. They prefer to start a project, complete it, and then move on to the next. They are linear thinkers.
Extraverts (E) prefer to focus their attention and process the world on the outer world of people and things.
I process information:
Sensers (S) prefer to deal with information that is tangible, factual, and objective. They prefer data to ideas. They typically like spreadsheets, reports, charts, graphs, facts and figures.
How I make decisions:
Thinkers (T) base their decisions on objective logic. They are “black of white” thinkers and prefer logic and reasoning over emotion. They are typically “bottom line” oriented and want to make decisions that make sense to them.
How I like to live your life.
Judgers (J) prefer order, structure, and organization. They’re the “Things I’ve Got to Do Today” list makers. They like to feel in control of their environment and their life. They prefer to start a project, complete it, and then move on to the next. They are linear thinkers.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Copy and Paste
I haven't figured out how to copy something and past it directly on the blog if I did it would make some things so much easier rather than to sit here and type everything in. If anyone figures this out let me know.
An early start to the week
I love being woken up by my dad early in the day. He called at 6:45 am to tell me that his insurance was denying his claim and that the damages to my car were not going to be paid by the insurance.
About a month ago I dropped off my car at my parents house to have it serviced. As it turns out he was in an accident that a lady caused. She attempted to leave but when she saw my dad get out of the car taking down her licence plate number she turned around and came back to the scene. The lady did not have a driving licence but did have insurance.
The insurance called my dad after receiving the insurance report letting him know that my car was going to be fixed because it was the Lady's fault. As time goes by and my car already in the shop being fixed and then the lady's insurance starts calling my dad with allot of questions. In the end the insurance denies my dad but that was after they had already told him that they would cover the damages. Now he is calling me to tell me he needs to call my insurance to cover the damages. The worst part of this is that my dad was being nice to the lady and her insurance he was not trying to make any extra money and just asked for the minimal repairs.
I have to call my lawyer today and see what they recommend in case my issuance does not cover the damages and try to resolve this issue. I HATE DEALING WITH INSURANCES THEY ARE NOT HELPFUL IN THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS!
Mood: EXTREMELY UPSET and not happy with the results
About a month ago I dropped off my car at my parents house to have it serviced. As it turns out he was in an accident that a lady caused. She attempted to leave but when she saw my dad get out of the car taking down her licence plate number she turned around and came back to the scene. The lady did not have a driving licence but did have insurance.
The insurance called my dad after receiving the insurance report letting him know that my car was going to be fixed because it was the Lady's fault. As time goes by and my car already in the shop being fixed and then the lady's insurance starts calling my dad with allot of questions. In the end the insurance denies my dad but that was after they had already told him that they would cover the damages. Now he is calling me to tell me he needs to call my insurance to cover the damages. The worst part of this is that my dad was being nice to the lady and her insurance he was not trying to make any extra money and just asked for the minimal repairs.
I have to call my lawyer today and see what they recommend in case my issuance does not cover the damages and try to resolve this issue. I HATE DEALING WITH INSURANCES THEY ARE NOT HELPFUL IN THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS!
Mood: EXTREMELY UPSET and not happy with the results
Friday
I was so fed up with not being able to talk. We had to explain what happen on Wed and there were times that I felt that we were not getting support from our supervisor and I feel that it was because I could not talk. I felt so annoyed with not being able to talk, I felt like writing a letter or email so they could hear my side of the story but decided to wait to Monday when I could talk.
Thursday
I went to work sick with a temperature but knew that there are not subs available for us so I had to go to work. I lost my voice towards the end of the day. I hate loosing my voive, I felt helpless becaue I had to keep telling my stafff what to say for me. I came home and went straight to sleep.
Wed
This week was really stressful for me. Most of the issues, concerns, stress related blogs will probably be work related. As you may already know I work with kids in an after school program and I am always trying to come up with solutions or alternatives to different situations. I really get caught up with my work and I am learning that I have to leave work at the door but I just can't help it sometimes.
Let me start off by saying that I have 120 elementary age kids ranging from 1st through 6th grade. My Buddy I are the site coordinators. We manage 8 rec leaders and should not be included in the 1 to 15 ratio.
Wed started a bit crazy because 2 of my staff members called in sick and we did not have any subs available. It was raining in Sacramento and everyone knows that makes the kids irritable because they are not able to go outside and burn off extra energy. I was in the classroom with 34 5th and 6th graders when I got a text msg form My Buddy telling me that one of our staff had walked out. I told my IA that he was going to have to be alone with all the kids until I could come back. We rearranged the staff and I ended up in the 1st and 2nd grade class which has 30 kids. It was an emergency so we had 2 subs sent to us from other sites. The sub that came to assist me was great! However the other sub was HORRIBLE. I then was told that one of my 6th grade students needed to be removed from the classroom I had him sent to my class.
I know my kids, especially my 5th and 6th grade students. I know their behavior and I know what to expect from them but they also know our program rules. As it turns the reason why he got sent out was because he was being rude to the sub. But the sub just as was rude and extremely disrespectful to the kids. I talked to the kids about their behavior and told them that I knew the sub was way out of line but still did not excuse their behavior. My voice cracked which is not okay because that is a clear indication that I was letting them see me get upset. I try to role model for my staff when they are messing up and they pick up on that and then they do as they see. We always say "Do as I say not as you see" but we all know that is not true, we are going to do what we see. At the end of the day some of the kids were apologizing to me because they felt bad for making me loose my voice, they really are cute sometimes. I told them it was my fault I did not wear a jacket and that was why I was getting sick which was a total lie. Thursday I woke up feeling horrible and with my voice almost gone.
Lesson: The kids see everything!!! They can tell how I really feel by hearing the tone in my voice, reading my body language, seeing my facial expressions and even if I'm saying one thing they can see my body saying something else.
Let me start off by saying that I have 120 elementary age kids ranging from 1st through 6th grade. My Buddy I are the site coordinators. We manage 8 rec leaders and should not be included in the 1 to 15 ratio.
Wed started a bit crazy because 2 of my staff members called in sick and we did not have any subs available. It was raining in Sacramento and everyone knows that makes the kids irritable because they are not able to go outside and burn off extra energy. I was in the classroom with 34 5th and 6th graders when I got a text msg form My Buddy telling me that one of our staff had walked out. I told my IA that he was going to have to be alone with all the kids until I could come back. We rearranged the staff and I ended up in the 1st and 2nd grade class which has 30 kids. It was an emergency so we had 2 subs sent to us from other sites. The sub that came to assist me was great! However the other sub was HORRIBLE. I then was told that one of my 6th grade students needed to be removed from the classroom I had him sent to my class.
I know my kids, especially my 5th and 6th grade students. I know their behavior and I know what to expect from them but they also know our program rules. As it turns the reason why he got sent out was because he was being rude to the sub. But the sub just as was rude and extremely disrespectful to the kids. I talked to the kids about their behavior and told them that I knew the sub was way out of line but still did not excuse their behavior. My voice cracked which is not okay because that is a clear indication that I was letting them see me get upset. I try to role model for my staff when they are messing up and they pick up on that and then they do as they see. We always say "Do as I say not as you see" but we all know that is not true, we are going to do what we see. At the end of the day some of the kids were apologizing to me because they felt bad for making me loose my voice, they really are cute sometimes. I told them it was my fault I did not wear a jacket and that was why I was getting sick which was a total lie. Thursday I woke up feeling horrible and with my voice almost gone.
Lesson: The kids see everything!!! They can tell how I really feel by hearing the tone in my voice, reading my body language, seeing my facial expressions and even if I'm saying one thing they can see my body saying something else.
Problem Solving
I talked to Georganna earlier this week and we had a great conversation, we stayed on the phone for at least 2 hours. We talked about our assignment and also talked about the blog assignment. As it turns out we're both frustrated with this assignment because neither one of us have done one before. She was a great listener and had good suggestions one of them was to work at the middle school for the summer. I think I am going to work during the summer and that way I will know if I don't want to work with middle school kids again. I can't say I don't like something if I never tried it before.
As for Georganna, her problem is that she is considering transferring to Sac State but is not sure is she should. She likes going to National but misses the classroom environment and the interaction with other students. I told her that I started at Sac State in 99 when I graduated from high school but many things have changed since I was there. The biggest problems for me were parking and scheduling my classes which neither problems exist at National. I tried to be as helpful as I could sine I still have some friends and my sorority sisters that attend there. I also told her that I also tried returning but was denied several times. I don't know why I was denied since I have the GPA and meet all the requirement, not even my counselor understands why I was denied. She also does not want to transfer and continue to go to school longer than she should, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. I suggested that she apply and see what happens. Once her application was accepted she could meet with a counselor and see if she still wants to transfer. I wish her the best of luck and look forward to talking to her soon.
As for Georganna, her problem is that she is considering transferring to Sac State but is not sure is she should. She likes going to National but misses the classroom environment and the interaction with other students. I told her that I started at Sac State in 99 when I graduated from high school but many things have changed since I was there. The biggest problems for me were parking and scheduling my classes which neither problems exist at National. I tried to be as helpful as I could sine I still have some friends and my sorority sisters that attend there. I also told her that I also tried returning but was denied several times. I don't know why I was denied since I have the GPA and meet all the requirement, not even my counselor understands why I was denied. She also does not want to transfer and continue to go to school longer than she should, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. I suggested that she apply and see what happens. Once her application was accepted she could meet with a counselor and see if she still wants to transfer. I wish her the best of luck and look forward to talking to her soon.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
My Summer
While I was at work today I got a phone call from my supervisor. She called to ask me how I felt about working at a middle school rather than an elementary school during the summer. I asked if that was a joke and if it came with a raise, she laughed. She told me that she was looking at the list of people who applied for the summer positions and thought I had seniority and was the "most eligible and MOST CAPABLE" of working at a middle school. Of course I accepted the compliment but also knew that it came with a dilema.
This is the situation: I run an after school program in the SJUSD in Sacramento. My school will not have a summer program. During the school year there are 33 schools that run the after school program but during the summer there are only going to be 10 sites. This means that we have the option of applying for available positions, take a pay cut and or another job during the summer or not work at all. Luckily not all the Site Coordinators apply for the summer job but we still have to compete with the ones who do want to work during the summer to keep our jobs and not take a pay cut during the summer. So now our supervisor has to decide onwho will keep their job and who will take a pay cut. They are willing to keep us as employees as long as we take a pay cut or not be a SC. We are GREAT at what we do and used to running our own site.
My problem is: (1) I really don't want to spend the summer stressed out more than I usually am. I enjoy a challenge but don't know if I realy wan tto deal with all the additional stress that comes with working at a middle school. (2) I have a guaranteed job if I take this position if not have to compete for another job and risk taking a pay cut.
(3) Since I am billingual I already experienced this kind of change earlier this year. I was temporarily moved to another site until they hired someone new and ws at risk of being FORCED to move.
(4) I feel like if my supervisors likes the way I run the site she might move me next year and I prefer to work with elementary school kids.
(5) And last but not least... If I am so great then why don't give me a raise!?
This is my 3rd year at the school I work at and I love working there. I planned on coming back next year and already have new ideas for the next year. I have built great relationships with the administrators, teachers, parents and most importantly the students. Now on the other hand, what if I don't try this out and miss out on a great adventure? I can really learn from this experience.
I have until Friday to tell her my decision.
This is the situation: I run an after school program in the SJUSD in Sacramento. My school will not have a summer program. During the school year there are 33 schools that run the after school program but during the summer there are only going to be 10 sites. This means that we have the option of applying for available positions, take a pay cut and or another job during the summer or not work at all. Luckily not all the Site Coordinators apply for the summer job but we still have to compete with the ones who do want to work during the summer to keep our jobs and not take a pay cut during the summer. So now our supervisor has to decide onwho will keep their job and who will take a pay cut. They are willing to keep us as employees as long as we take a pay cut or not be a SC. We are GREAT at what we do and used to running our own site.
My problem is: (1) I really don't want to spend the summer stressed out more than I usually am. I enjoy a challenge but don't know if I realy wan tto deal with all the additional stress that comes with working at a middle school. (2) I have a guaranteed job if I take this position if not have to compete for another job and risk taking a pay cut.
(3) Since I am billingual I already experienced this kind of change earlier this year. I was temporarily moved to another site until they hired someone new and ws at risk of being FORCED to move.
(4) I feel like if my supervisors likes the way I run the site she might move me next year and I prefer to work with elementary school kids.
(5) And last but not least... If I am so great then why don't give me a raise!?
This is my 3rd year at the school I work at and I love working there. I planned on coming back next year and already have new ideas for the next year. I have built great relationships with the administrators, teachers, parents and most importantly the students. Now on the other hand, what if I don't try this out and miss out on a great adventure? I can really learn from this experience.
I have until Friday to tell her my decision.
Understanding!
I now understand how this blog thing works! I even dreamed blogs last night! No Joke! I was worried that I would have to visit 20 pages to post and respond to all of my classmates. This is easier than I thought it would be! Just wanted to say "hi".
~Vickie
~Vickie
Monday, April 9, 2007
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