Last week (not the one that just ended, but the one before), Kerry went to his first Kiwanis meeting here. This meeting happened to focus on audiology (which is a bit part of the point, a bit beside the point). At this meeting, Kiwanis donated $1100 to the audiology center of This County School System program for deaf education (it may not be called exactly that, especially not with the "This County", but you get the gist). The person accepting the donation was the head of This County's deaf education program. And she happened to be sitting across from Kerry. They were talking a bit, about how ASL is such a logical language (and it does, just ask anyone that knows it), and he mentioned how he's slowly picking up ASL because his fiance signs to him when she's on the phone or his mouth is full. He also mentioned that I'd just graduated from college with a degree in deaf education, moved down in December and was looking for a job.
She actually remembered e-mailing with me back and forth! She told Kerry that I should e-mail her again (I have), that I need to take the GACE (Georgia tests for teacher certification) in deaf education and get my 5-year nonrenewable certificate. Which, by the way, is a really awesome idea, because there's a job in Savannah Chatham County for a deaf ed teacher for next school year. And she's going to mention to her friend, the head of the deaf ed program in Savannah Chatham County, to look for my name! I feel like I may have an edge anyway, because of my degree. The only thing I don't have for the nonrenewable certificate is the GACE. I have a bachelor's degree with a final GPA above 2.5 from an accredited college, I am GACE basic skills exempt because of my SAT scores, the only thing I don't have is the GACE in deaf education. She also encouraged me to get interpreter certification.
So YAAAAY!!! For a job lead!
If you looked at my labels before reading, you'll notice that two of them are "synagogue" and "Judaism". Kerry and I went to services at the conservative synagogue in Savannah last night. We both felt uncomfortable with the service, but because there are so many different tunes to Jewish prayers. But we felt really comfortable with the people, the rabbi is really nice, and we felt comfortable with everything else. Especially since there were a few teachers there and they gave me some extra tips. But they're a Saturday morning synagogue, not a Friday evening synagogue. What does that mean? The congregation is larger for Saturday morning services than for Friday evening services. So in a couple of weeks, Kerry and I are going to go to services on Saturday morning.
Things seem to be falling into place slowly but surely. A setback- I applied for jobs at Petco a few weeks ago, and decided to give them a call to see the progress on that, and I'm told that they were fully staffed. So no job at Petco for me :( It would have been nice to have something to do while waiting for a job with benefits to come up. Thankfully, my parents are paying for my COBRA until I a) get a job with benefits, or b) marry Kerry, whichever is sooner.
So yeah, another update in the boring life of unemployed me.
2 comments:
I'm currently searching for a full-time with benefits teaching job (in special ed)here in NY, so I feel your pain! Ha ha! But that's great that the head of the county's deaf education program knows your name...I bet that will lead to something for you this fall. Best of luck with your search! :)
My daughter is majoring in ASL, but wants to quit school and go back to the community (there's a strong one here), maybe translate if she can without a degree. She's very dissatisfied with her school - they're not allowed, for example, to sign when not in class. She's been there for a year and feels like she's losing skills. It's like telling a Spanish student not to speak it, and makes NO sense to me. Sorry for my little personal maternal rant here!!
Good luck with the job hunt! Hey, worst case, you know you can always be a Mouse, right?!
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