I have been working at La Petite Academy for two days now and have yet to be a caregiver in a classroom. Why you ask? Because they definitely do a thurough job of training their staff. I am trying to be patient and just soak everything in. I do not even know which classroom I will end up in. My ultimate goal though is to apply for an assistant director position (which is what I did originally but did not know the academy or licensing rules of TX yet).
Some of the licensing rules are very different from the Michigan rules. A teacher is allowed to have a ton more kids in their room in TX compared to MI. One reason why this still works out okay is because the teachers have ways to keep better track of their children and are given more resources to use in the classroom to keep the children busy.
Overall I am happy to have a job and that I am working for a great lady who runs her academy very well. She told me as I was leaving tonight that I will be in a classroom for at least a little while tomorrow for sure. I am getting fingerprinted in the morning so that makes me legal to be in the classroom with the kids as a caregiver. And besides that there will be several teachers out tomorrow. I am looking forward to getting to know some of the kids more.
I will be sure to keep you updated. Right now it has just been paperwork, reading, and more reading:)
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14 years ago
Congrats on the job, Marie! I hate those awkward first days where they tell you EVERYTHING just to make sure they don't miss anything. It makes me feel stupid (and maybe wonder if they're a little lacking in the intelligence department too). Lol. :)
ReplyDeleteIt has been a refresher courses on somethings and other stuff is new to me. I am just impressed by how well their training program is.
ReplyDeleteHi Marie! So glad stuff is starting to fall into place. Yes, we get 2 days off at the end of February every year. Tucson host a Rodeo annually. It's a big deal apparently. I haven't actually gone. It is equivalent to like Tulip Time. Kind of lame but hey I will take two days off any time.
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