Panic mode

Wow.

So, background information first.


When I got accepted for grad school and started looking for a part time job, I wanted something easy. I was able to get a work study grant where the U of U itself pays for my work hours, much like a scholarship, instead of the department itself. This means that I can only make X amount of money for one year. I started in July, and I'm closing in already on the max amount I can make through the grant. It'll be up by the first week or two of February.


Now, this job has been great for learning what I can or can't do during grad school, but man, I hate computer desk jobs with passion now. All I was doing was data entry. Don't get me wrong, I did learn quite a bit about Autism since what I'm entering are tests results, data, history and medical information for families who have Autism running in the family. I just can't do a desk job anymore. Though I did ask what the department would like to do just in case they wanted to keep me on, I haven't heard back from them yet, and won't be surprised if they can't keep me on due to lack of funds since this is a research project department.



That being said, I've started looking for other jobs.


I only started today actually. I've seen some that are related to my field (I have a bachelor's in early childhood education, an early childhood education state of Utah license, and am currently in an early childhood special education master's program with an emphasis in hearing impairment. The emphasis will give me my hearing impairment license [NOTE, it is called and recognized as hearing impairment by the state of Utah, NOT MY choice of words]).

So, I e-mailed my advisor yesterday if she knew of any positions I could look into related to my field, especially with deaf children. She gave me an e-mail address. I e-mailed that person today, an hour later, she e-mailed me back asking for more information. We have been e-mailing back and forth since then, and I have an interview on Monday. She likes three things: 1 - My bachelor's and my teaching license 2 - My master's program and 3 - I'm deaf. She wants me to be a long-term sub for a deaf preschool classroom! I would *LOVE* this job, however, if I want to do it, I'm going to have to drop my morning class. Which I'm willing to do if I can find out some more details about being hired on for a different position, pay, benefits, etc.

My morning class is NOT a requirement by any means, this is simply a class I'm taking on my own to help me with my professional skills as a teacher who has a passion for language, especially teaching it to deaf children. It's a linguistic class that will help me understand what I'm teaching a lot more than I do now. It's the only class that is in the way of doing that.

Now to add to the dilemma. I have a grant to pay for my tuition, which actually cover the linguistic class as well. I found that if I had enough credits this semester, I could get a waiver on my tuition, a 50% waiver. That's a lot of money. So I've been trying hard to fit things in here and there, and been bugging my advisor and the grant lady like crazy and got it all worked out. If I drop the class, I will no longer have waiver, but I will still get the grant. I also hate canceling classes in the beginning of the semester as that messes up the schedules of the transliterators that have been set up for me (I know that I am their income!), nonetheless...life happens right?

So I'm going to go to the interview on Monday (if it still happens, she hasn't told me if she can do it in between my class times yet), and then we'll see how things work out then and see if we can find a better match for me and let me still keep this class. And she's doing all this without seeing an application or resume (granted I did give her my skills and background in an e-mail).

What's even better about this if I can get it? I work 8:15 AM to Noon Monday-Thursday, with meetings on Friday. My class schedule without the morning class would be M-W 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. and Saturday from 8AM to noon. That means Bryan would be able to have the car for pharmacy school after his university classes (we only have one car).

Just how awesome would this be? Still don't know if it's the right thing though... we shall see.


****EDIT!****
My wonderful, good friend and fellow teacher Jenny asked some questions, and I was able to work my schedule out. She asked me if there was another class time I could take my morning class, for some stupid reason I didn't think of this. And there is! So, the class is no longer an issue!!! YAY!