Oh, there's a lot going on, and I am not really sure where to start.
At the beginning, you say? Well, alright.
The other morning, around 7:00 am, I got a facebook message from a former grad school classmate. She has been working at a CC for a year, and last year I had given her some tips about how to get the job. They needed someone for developmental English, and she hadn't taught it, but I had.
In the message she tells me that her school is getting ready to hire another English instructor, and she thinks that I will be a very good fit for the job.
I got excited. I want a more secure job, I don't want to move, I want to teach what I have been teaching, and I want to make more money. This job is all of those things.
Today is Thursday. The call came on Monday. Since Monday, I have been trying to get the application package ready while also trying to keep up with grading and end of the semester stuff.
In the end, I have been able to put together a cover letter, three letters of recommendation, list of references, samples of student work, a CV, an application, and a teaching philosophy. That's a lot of stuff!
Yesterday, I mailed it all off, and now I wait.
Grace, my grad school friend, is doing her best to talk me up and get people interested in looking at my application. She has been keeping me up to date about her conversations and what I need to expect. If i do get the interview, she even has plans to coach me for the interview.
All of this is too good to be true, so of course I have convinced myself that it will not happen.
There is a mountain of work for me to grade today, so I need to get started on that. I hope I can wade through it and stay focused.
