Summer2018
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 29, 2017
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I'm so glad that this job is only 20 hours a week. We are at 39 kids in my group as of today. I can see enrollment continuing to grow. Meanwhile the other two groups, grades 3-8 are so much smaller. The senior staff and director are so disorganized. At the end of my shift I sat for 30 minutes waiting for a meeting that never took place. We have been open for one week and one day, and tomorrow, we will be moving to our third location in the building in order to accommodate our high enrollment numbers.
Support staff keep changing. It's impossible to train anyone because I never know who I will be working with. My first assistant was very willing to learn, but I haven't worked with her since last Tuesday. The one who replaced her just sat on the floor with the kids while they climbed all over her and behaved inappropriately. The new one today screamed at the kids all morning. I'm being a good role model. I review rules with both kids and staff. I lead Restorative Practice Circles in order to help everyone manage their emotions and behavior. The children are responding better than the staff. There's a tremendous amount of flirting going on which just gets in the way of us doing our jobs. I guess I'm the only one who took the two-hour sexual harassment training.
In school, I plan and implement my own lesson plans. If I fail, it's my own fault. Here, I have to implement others' plans which are either unrealistic, not thought out, logistically impossible, or so short that there's tremendous down time. Every day feels like a hot mess express.
It is really challenging being the only one who knows what they are doing.
Support staff keep changing. It's impossible to train anyone because I never know who I will be working with. My first assistant was very willing to learn, but I haven't worked with her since last Tuesday. The one who replaced her just sat on the floor with the kids while they climbed all over her and behaved inappropriately. The new one today screamed at the kids all morning. I'm being a good role model. I review rules with both kids and staff. I lead Restorative Practice Circles in order to help everyone manage their emotions and behavior. The children are responding better than the staff. There's a tremendous amount of flirting going on which just gets in the way of us doing our jobs. I guess I'm the only one who took the two-hour sexual harassment training.
In school, I plan and implement my own lesson plans. If I fail, it's my own fault. Here, I have to implement others' plans which are either unrealistic, not thought out, logistically impossible, or so short that there's tremendous down time. Every day feels like a hot mess express.
It is really challenging being the only one who knows what they are doing.
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