So last night was the first of many Rally's to come for my new business as a Tupperware consultant. I ABSOLUTELY love the director of our branch and can't wait to attend the team metting in a week and a half.
I learned quite a bit of new stuff I didn't know about the company which makes it so much more exciting for me.
My first Grand Opening party is this Saturday and I'm stoked about what I'm making for my guests and hope they fall in love as much as I did after they hear about all the neat stuff the company offers.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
BIG BIRD to you
So I didn't get the job I wanted. It was given to the girl who has only been here a week.
Of course I got WAY upset, but I did get offered the assistant in that room. In the beginning I said that I didn't really care what position I got as long as I was in that room and out from underneath my current coworker. I guess I should be thankful that I got in, I'm just a teensy weensy bit jealous.
Hopefully by October (when we move) I'll be over it and glad.
Of course I got WAY upset, but I did get offered the assistant in that room. In the beginning I said that I didn't really care what position I got as long as I was in that room and out from underneath my current coworker. I guess I should be thankful that I got in, I'm just a teensy weensy bit jealous.
Hopefully by October (when we move) I'll be over it and glad.
Friday, July 9, 2010
gotta get it out
This is probably going to be a super long post, but I gotta get it out. I'm trying to read my book for my book club which has to be done by Tuesday and seeing as I'm going to spend the weekend with a friend I don't suspect I'll have much time. Gotta release the 500,000 heart beat a second pressure so I can focus.
To bring anyone up to speed. I work as an Early Intervenionist at a preschool. I've been here since March 2006 (now four years). I started out as an assistant in a Toddler room (12 months to 18 months), got moved to Two year olds in May, and then a year later got moved to the young Twos (which is now just twos class). As you may be able to tell in the past four years there have been numerous changes while I've hung out and loved my job.
Well a few months ago an oppurtunity arose for a different, possibly better, more educated, more experienced position that I wanted. I interviewed, according to the rule, like I was a person off the street, no big deal. Well I obiviously didn't get the position, b/c I'm still an assistant in the same classroom.
In October we will once again be changing bits of the company. Right now we have six classes: infants, toddlers, twos, preschool 1, preschool2, and prek. Preschool 1 is kinda the middle class now with older two year olds and young three olds kinda stuck in the middle. Come October there is going to be six classes as well but more defined: infants 0 to 1, toddlers 1-2, twos 2-3, threes 3-4, and fours 4-5 and a new class which is going to be a "mommies day out like program". This class will consist of 18 month to 36 month olds that come two times a week. One group on M and W and the second group T and R. There will only be eight children in each group (a total of 16 kids for the class). THIS IS THE CLASS I WANT TO BE IN!!!
So we had a meeting on Tuesday night and then we got a sheet of paper to write down our preferences of what room we want and what position we want. I WANT that room. I put the Lead teacher as my first choice and the Assistant teacher as my third choice (being a Lead teacher of the twos class, which is what I'm currently the assistant in, was my second choice; I can only "have" this room if my current Lead teacher moves to the room she desires).
Well I found out today that I have an interview with the SAME WOMAN who interviewed me for the other position I wanted a few months back and rejected me. My first thought is "why is she doing the interview and not the director?" I asked the director and she says b/c she and the assistant would be biased, so they have to use her b/c she is the director of our other sister program. Then I think "well I'm shit out of luck b/c she is biased too b/c she has already interviewed me and obviously we know what her opionon was/is since she rejected me!" I really feel like I should get a different person totally! Wouldn't you agree?
Not only are we being interviewed by a different person but there are three of us that want this position. I know one and can only guess the other based on her (there are two other assistant teachers in the building with stronger ABA experience than myself) past experiences. So I proceed to tell the director who it is in my opinion and why and she gets defensive (which leads me to think that its a damn good thing she isn't doing the interview b/c obviously she would cast her vote for Jean (that is the name I'm giving her)).
Well the upsetting statement has to do with something that has happened in the past. I had a friend/coworker that was an assistant in one class, was here for a few months, then became the lead in a different class, and was in that position for a couple of months. Well a few months later a lead position opened for the age group that she really wanted and she applied for it. They told her no for two reasons: one b/c she has only been the lead in her current class room for a little while and its too much change and two b/c she and I are too good a friends and they don't want us working together. Isn't that some crap?!? Well Jean hasn't been here a year yet and has changed positions twice. She started as a floater and became the assistant for that inbetween class, then she changed again and is the assistant for the toddler class. Now she wants to change and be a lead?!? She supposedly has lots of ABA experience, but she isn't very stable, obvioulsy, in her desires.
So when I said this, the Director says "how long ago was it your friend was here? 3 or 4 years right? Times have change, people have changed, rules have changed." Then just went about her business. This is the statement and attitude that has me believing she would choose Jean as her first choice. Not to mention I over heard her tell Jean to make sure she checks her email today with a really sweet hinty like smile.
I don't really have an opinion about the other girl that I know wants the job, I'll call her Candy. She seems nice, has been here about two weeks, and has expereince with ABA and older children. She confided in me that she wants to either be the lead or the assistant in that room or the assistant in the four year old room since her age group is really five and six year olds.
So here's my beef, I've been here the longest, haven't changed once out of desire, done so b/c the directors made the decision to do it. I want to be a lead, I deserve a lead, IT IS SO MY TURN!!! I've worked here the third longest of all the teachers and haven't moved up once! Not only do I really want the lead position but I want that room. Right now we have 8/10 kids with two teachers, which is a 1 to 4/5 ratio, but in October my current room will have 12 kids with a 1 to 6 ratio. This special new classroom is 8 kids to 2 teachers, a 1 to 4 ratio and two different groups with a total of 16 which means 8 kids on my caseload. I want this responsiblity, I desire it, I need it. I really think it's time for me to take on more. Also the lead will get to particpate in our sister program which I got rejected for a little bit back. This would give me the hands on experience I need in home visiting in baby steps. Not to mention the whole reason I love my job is b/c it's early intervention. This room is the only room that is guarenteed to have a 50 50 ratio of children with special needs learning beside children who are typically developing. The other classrooms are all going to be a toss up on having children with special needs in them. Right now they are a 50 50 ratio, but it will change come October b/c of the payment plan they are changing into. I went to school for this, it's my chosen path.
Now I'll say that even though I've marked the assistant in that classroom as my third choice I will not want it if Jean gets the lead position. I think it's unfair and she is too soft in her ABA style. Candy and I believe that every child has a different need and we should treat them the way they need. I think I might like working with her.
After posting this I do feel a little better. I just hope and pray (not really, I don't do that often, but can't think of another longing term) maybe will it, to go well on Monday. My interview is at 12:20. I'm guessing that Jean's is first and Candy's is third b/c of the way our children sleep. I really hope it goes well and I'm still contemplating asking for another person to be in on the interview who I believe will be less biased than the interviewer to be.
To bring anyone up to speed. I work as an Early Intervenionist at a preschool. I've been here since March 2006 (now four years). I started out as an assistant in a Toddler room (12 months to 18 months), got moved to Two year olds in May, and then a year later got moved to the young Twos (which is now just twos class). As you may be able to tell in the past four years there have been numerous changes while I've hung out and loved my job.
Well a few months ago an oppurtunity arose for a different, possibly better, more educated, more experienced position that I wanted. I interviewed, according to the rule, like I was a person off the street, no big deal. Well I obiviously didn't get the position, b/c I'm still an assistant in the same classroom.
In October we will once again be changing bits of the company. Right now we have six classes: infants, toddlers, twos, preschool 1, preschool2, and prek. Preschool 1 is kinda the middle class now with older two year olds and young three olds kinda stuck in the middle. Come October there is going to be six classes as well but more defined: infants 0 to 1, toddlers 1-2, twos 2-3, threes 3-4, and fours 4-5 and a new class which is going to be a "mommies day out like program". This class will consist of 18 month to 36 month olds that come two times a week. One group on M and W and the second group T and R. There will only be eight children in each group (a total of 16 kids for the class). THIS IS THE CLASS I WANT TO BE IN!!!
So we had a meeting on Tuesday night and then we got a sheet of paper to write down our preferences of what room we want and what position we want. I WANT that room. I put the Lead teacher as my first choice and the Assistant teacher as my third choice (being a Lead teacher of the twos class, which is what I'm currently the assistant in, was my second choice; I can only "have" this room if my current Lead teacher moves to the room she desires).
Well I found out today that I have an interview with the SAME WOMAN who interviewed me for the other position I wanted a few months back and rejected me. My first thought is "why is she doing the interview and not the director?" I asked the director and she says b/c she and the assistant would be biased, so they have to use her b/c she is the director of our other sister program. Then I think "well I'm shit out of luck b/c she is biased too b/c she has already interviewed me and obviously we know what her opionon was/is since she rejected me!" I really feel like I should get a different person totally! Wouldn't you agree?
Not only are we being interviewed by a different person but there are three of us that want this position. I know one and can only guess the other based on her (there are two other assistant teachers in the building with stronger ABA experience than myself) past experiences. So I proceed to tell the director who it is in my opinion and why and she gets defensive (which leads me to think that its a damn good thing she isn't doing the interview b/c obviously she would cast her vote for Jean (that is the name I'm giving her)).
Well the upsetting statement has to do with something that has happened in the past. I had a friend/coworker that was an assistant in one class, was here for a few months, then became the lead in a different class, and was in that position for a couple of months. Well a few months later a lead position opened for the age group that she really wanted and she applied for it. They told her no for two reasons: one b/c she has only been the lead in her current class room for a little while and its too much change and two b/c she and I are too good a friends and they don't want us working together. Isn't that some crap?!? Well Jean hasn't been here a year yet and has changed positions twice. She started as a floater and became the assistant for that inbetween class, then she changed again and is the assistant for the toddler class. Now she wants to change and be a lead?!? She supposedly has lots of ABA experience, but she isn't very stable, obvioulsy, in her desires.
So when I said this, the Director says "how long ago was it your friend was here? 3 or 4 years right? Times have change, people have changed, rules have changed." Then just went about her business. This is the statement and attitude that has me believing she would choose Jean as her first choice. Not to mention I over heard her tell Jean to make sure she checks her email today with a really sweet hinty like smile.
I don't really have an opinion about the other girl that I know wants the job, I'll call her Candy. She seems nice, has been here about two weeks, and has expereince with ABA and older children. She confided in me that she wants to either be the lead or the assistant in that room or the assistant in the four year old room since her age group is really five and six year olds.
So here's my beef, I've been here the longest, haven't changed once out of desire, done so b/c the directors made the decision to do it. I want to be a lead, I deserve a lead, IT IS SO MY TURN!!! I've worked here the third longest of all the teachers and haven't moved up once! Not only do I really want the lead position but I want that room. Right now we have 8/10 kids with two teachers, which is a 1 to 4/5 ratio, but in October my current room will have 12 kids with a 1 to 6 ratio. This special new classroom is 8 kids to 2 teachers, a 1 to 4 ratio and two different groups with a total of 16 which means 8 kids on my caseload. I want this responsiblity, I desire it, I need it. I really think it's time for me to take on more. Also the lead will get to particpate in our sister program which I got rejected for a little bit back. This would give me the hands on experience I need in home visiting in baby steps. Not to mention the whole reason I love my job is b/c it's early intervention. This room is the only room that is guarenteed to have a 50 50 ratio of children with special needs learning beside children who are typically developing. The other classrooms are all going to be a toss up on having children with special needs in them. Right now they are a 50 50 ratio, but it will change come October b/c of the payment plan they are changing into. I went to school for this, it's my chosen path.
Now I'll say that even though I've marked the assistant in that classroom as my third choice I will not want it if Jean gets the lead position. I think it's unfair and she is too soft in her ABA style. Candy and I believe that every child has a different need and we should treat them the way they need. I think I might like working with her.
After posting this I do feel a little better. I just hope and pray (not really, I don't do that often, but can't think of another longing term) maybe will it, to go well on Monday. My interview is at 12:20. I'm guessing that Jean's is first and Candy's is third b/c of the way our children sleep. I really hope it goes well and I'm still contemplating asking for another person to be in on the interview who I believe will be less biased than the interviewer to be.
Really?
So the majority of today's post is me questioning they why of a few things!
First: the gas station by our house has their price listed as 0.00 for both leads. WHY? There were tons of cars at the pumps. Does this mean they are giving it away for free? or Are they out? If they are out what on earth are all the cars there for? Maybe they are waiting for the delivery and they can't leave until it gets there b/c they are out!
Second: What the hell has crawled up my coworkers ass today? Got here and she is in her foul, won't look at you, won't respond, pretending she is the only teacher in the room, only friendly to people she doesn't usually talk to attitude! She gets this way pretty often (at least once a month). For some reason it's not irking me as bad as it usually does. However I really know why....
I'M GOING TO MEMPHIS at 2:30 ish today to visit a dear old friend! This makes me happy for many reasons. I get to leave early which means I don't have to put up with her attitude for much longer now. I also get to hang out with an important person one last time before she and her family moves all the way to Ohio (which I will probably never ever get to visit there).
NOW I"m even happier. We had cheese bread sticks and green beans for lunch at school today and there was some left over. Not only was there left overs but it was the good lightly toasted gooey ones (instead of the dried crispy ones) and I get to have it for lunch instead of my healthy salad I had planned. Guess I'll try to eat that sucker while driving down the road to Memphis today. Keep your fingers crossed!
First: the gas station by our house has their price listed as 0.00 for both leads. WHY? There were tons of cars at the pumps. Does this mean they are giving it away for free? or Are they out? If they are out what on earth are all the cars there for? Maybe they are waiting for the delivery and they can't leave until it gets there b/c they are out!
Second: What the hell has crawled up my coworkers ass today? Got here and she is in her foul, won't look at you, won't respond, pretending she is the only teacher in the room, only friendly to people she doesn't usually talk to attitude! She gets this way pretty often (at least once a month). For some reason it's not irking me as bad as it usually does. However I really know why....
I'M GOING TO MEMPHIS at 2:30 ish today to visit a dear old friend! This makes me happy for many reasons. I get to leave early which means I don't have to put up with her attitude for much longer now. I also get to hang out with an important person one last time before she and her family moves all the way to Ohio (which I will probably never ever get to visit there).
NOW I"m even happier. We had cheese bread sticks and green beans for lunch at school today and there was some left over. Not only was there left overs but it was the good lightly toasted gooey ones (instead of the dried crispy ones) and I get to have it for lunch instead of my healthy salad I had planned. Guess I'll try to eat that sucker while driving down the road to Memphis today. Keep your fingers crossed!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Great Holiday
So this weekend was great, just a bit too short (as I'm sure everyone agrees). Got to lay out Saturday morning with Isabelle, shopped at Costco (with some amazing samples that I didn't need but purchased anyway) and at Wal Mart for the necessities, then went to a friends and watched their two children for a few hours while they relaxed.
This sitting experience educated me some more on the pros and cons of being a parent just as a mentionable side note.
Then read and watched a new movie Sunday morning, lay in our aunt and uncles amazingly beautiful salt water pool for FIVE hours, and then went downtown for our firework show.
I'm also giving myself a pat on the back b/c even though I ate ridiculous amounts of Mexican dip and chips I was able to maintain my new weight that I don't want to ever go over again (unless I have an extra body).
Hope that everyone else enjoyed their weekend as well. Welcome back to the unfun work week.
Friday, July 2, 2010
WOO HOO
So it's the Friday before the 4th! Today has been pretty good. Nothing bad happened at school, home, or anywhere else for that matter.
We've had a nice lazy kinda day at school. We had water play today and all the kids were hyped up in their swimwear. We talked about all the colors and what we were getting ready to do. And some of our kids are supposed to leave by 3, which will only leave me with two kids (possibly 3)!
THAT'S IT!
Can't wait for 5 o'clock. Last night was my last night at the restaurant and I got to bring home my favoritest dish as a belated birthday gift: seafood pasta. Its a HUMONGOUS plate of fettuccine noodles with a white wine cheese Alfredo, shrimp, scallops, crab meat, and extra sauteed mushrooms (just for me). I like to refer to it as pasta heaven.
I also found out today that our work is having their next quarterly birthday celebration there on August 31st. I already know what I'm having unless they have a dinner special that trumps my current desire.
Well my plans for the weekend include shopping at one of my all time favorite places: Costco, sitting for a friend Saturday night, and soaking up sun in a salt water pool and gorging myself on food all day until the fireworks start.
I hope that everyone out there has a happy and safe weekend and see ya next week! (We are also closed on Monday, so we get to have a long weekend).
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Unfriendliness
Today I start up a conversation with the four girls on the other side of the wall at work about the new Twilight movie. I asked if they were in the crazy group of fans who went and saw the three movie premiere on Tuesday/Wednesday? They were nice enough to respond and say no that they usually wait until after opening weekend.
I respond yeah, me too, I don't like going with a huge crowd either. I usually wait till at least the first or second weekend is over, but my roommate is going to see it with some friends on Saturday at the first showing at 10:35.
THEN, they just totally completed their conversation like I wasn't even there. They start making plans on when they are all going to see it together. And I feel like Harmony on Angel, what about me? I'd like to go see it too.
I only mention this b/c it's not the first time they've done it as a group. IMO it's really rude to talk about plans in front of someone who has just mentioned they wanna do the same thing. The last two times: once about a wine place I really wanted to visit and a place I wanted to go out to eat.
more complaints
So first I wanna complain that for some f'ing reason I can't get the previous posts to space correctly and everything is running together, which I don't even like reading. C'mon blog page work for me PLEASE!!!!
Well I'm mainly writing this post b/c I AM PISSED!!! As I've mentioned (maybe) previously that our monthly paperwork is due soon. I've been trying to work on it the past few days and pretty darn close to finishing it up. There are just a few minor adjustments I need to make. Did I mention that on Monday I was interrupted by a parent and coworker to talk about stuff, interrupted on Tuesday for the damn fire drill, and interrupted on Wednesday to help clean?
Well this morning the assistant boss calls down and my coworker talks to her, I don't know everything that was said, but I know the results. Coworker told me "assistant boss says your done with your monthly paperwork and she wants me to get out the rest of the day to do my assessment and lesson plans"
ME: "oh, well I don't know why she told you that, I'm not done"
HER: "well she said you were and I'm going to do mine"
ME: "okay, well if you don't mind I only need an hour, from 3 to 4, to finish up"
HER: "you'll have to talk to assistant boss"
Later, while I'm on the playground, by myself (not a huge deal we only had four kids today), I call and ask for a potty break and proceed to tell assistant boss I'm not done.
AB: "you told me Monday you were"
ME: "no, I didn't, just close"
Then the AB goes into this whole conversation about god knows what b/c I'm trying to pay attention and help my kids climb a ladder. I JUST NEED TO POTTY and wanted to let her know that I wasn't done.
WELL, later she comes into the class to give me a potty break and proceeds to talk to me again about paper work time and how I should and can do it during nap time. At some point there's reference to the fact that I've gotten out every afternoon to work on them and I should be finished. Then I have to mention about all the wonderful interruptions that have happened and basically cut out 30 to 45 minutes of work time total which what I'm asking for today! What is the big freaking deal? I need it, we have it, just let me do it! THEN BLAH BLAH BLAH. It's hard to have a civilized conversation at this point b/c I'm irked about the situation, the children are basically unattended b/c I'm trying to defend myself, and the toddlers across the wall are screaming and crying and god knows what else.
later..... 11:00, coworker comes down and says this is the plan: you break baby room, we break, you do paper work from 1 to 2 and I'll get out the rest of the day. Ummm... there's a reason I wanted the 3 to 4 hour. I need to call a parent and she's in class till 3:30. Call and tell the AB this and she says email parent. WHY? It's not like I'll get a response back in such a short period of time.
So there was a lot said, and still I get shafted and screwed. The funniest part of the whole conversations, the AB says something about how if we are low enough and we have been all week the teachers can get out and do paperwork. And since we are low enough there's no reason the Lead Teacher (LT) can't get out all day and do a month's worth of lesson plans. It's funny because she gets out almost every day for at least two hours and does a lesson plan each time, will she really have a month's worth done? Doubt it, I'm sure there will be some other reason why she didn't get it done and needs to continue to get out.
I've told the AB that I'm tired of being in the classroom by myself all the time (told my husband the LT (aka coworker) might as well stay home since she doesn't do much around the room anyway) b/c she is always out doing paperwork. But supposedly it's my fault b/c I refuse to do a lesson plan. Even if I did help doing lesson plans I'm sure that I'd be told "do it during nap time" (that's what I always hear, and she NEVER does ANYTHING during nap time. I know b/c there's no paper out to work on!).
To top everything I go to the baby room to break early so I can get my designated time out and the LT there doesn't leave. She also comes back five minutes late. Then my LT comes back 12 minutes late! So by the time I'm done with my lunch break I've already lost 15 minutes of my one hour! FIGURES!!
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