I have a job.  I am excited about it.  So very excited about it.  I think I took the best job for me.  I took a graduate assistanship at the university where I am working on my PhD.  I had another interview at a community college and it was for a full-time instructor/coordinator position for their developmental writing and reading program.  Sadly, I cannot commit to this job that is even to say that they would have offered it to me.  It is sad because it would have been the absolute perfect job for me if I wasn’t a student and have 2 small children who need me too.  One of the problems with the job was that it is a new position and would have to be created as I went.  That on top of a teaching load would have required what I imagine would have been at least 45 hours per week plus the one hour commute–EACH WAY. 

The job I took–the graduate assistantship–is much better.  I have to work 20 hours a week but it’s pretty flexible.  I can work at home if there isn’t anything that I have to handle on campus or meetings.  I am working with another GA and our job is to work as the sponsor for the charter schools that UMSL oversees.  Each charter school, in MO, has to have a University sponsor that is responsible for oversight of the charter school.  We basically hold the charter schools accountable and make sure they are doing what they are suppose to be doing.  What I bring to the table that they don’t currently have is someone with a strong teaching background, so part of what I will be responsbile for is visiting the schools to make sure that the instruction and practice is what it should be.  I am really excited about it.  It doesn’t pay much–enough to cover the cost of Noah’s school and it pays for my school tuition and I get a laptop.  Not too bad. 

I am starting June 1–so am searching for a part-time nanny/sitter to watch my kids M-Th from 8:30-2.  So, for those of you in the area if you know anyone looking for some extra money or a college kid looking for a summer job, please let me know. 

I am hoping to still be able to teach one or two classes at the community college I currently teach at to help subsidize the cost of putting Zoë in daycare while I am working.  And I know that I am going to be supervising student teachers as well–I will have four for sure.  I am happy to have the job business out of the way.  One less thing to worry about.  Woo Hoo.