I have, in past posts, whined about my desire to teach again. In addition to the college where I ran my program, there is another program not too far away.
School XYZ contacted me a few weeks ago. Seems they lost an instructor, and they were in desperate need of someone to take the class.
Happy, happy, joy, joy!
But yet some trepidation as well.
They run their courses in 5 week modules. Basically, it condenses a semester's worth of work into 5 weeks. That's how they advertise that you'll have your degree in such a short time. For this, they charge a sickening amount of money. And the credits don't transfer to a regular college. I have a little bit of a problem with that.
Then, every time I talked to them, another layer of annoyance was added:
School XYZ contacted me a few weeks ago. Seems they lost an instructor, and they were in desperate need of someone to take the class.
Happy, happy, joy, joy!
But yet some trepidation as well.
They run their courses in 5 week modules. Basically, it condenses a semester's worth of work into 5 weeks. That's how they advertise that you'll have your degree in such a short time. For this, they charge a sickening amount of money. And the credits don't transfer to a regular college. I have a little bit of a problem with that.
Then, every time I talked to them, another layer of annoyance was added:
- Oh, and by the way, you have to come in for an interview - even though you have the job.
- Oh, and by the way, you have to come in again for an interview with the dean - even though you have the job.
- Oh, and did I mention that you also have to do a teaching demo - even though you have the job?
- Oh, and I forgot to tell you that even though you will be paid on a contract for the class, you still have to punch in & out. (Excuse me, I am not a Wal-Mart flunky. I have never heard of faculty having to punch a clock.)
- The class is all done & the whole thing is on Power Point (a somewhat overrated mechanism of course delivery, in my opinion). I am NOT to deviate from the slides. I am NOT encouraged to bring in any of my own materials (I have taught this stuff before). On the bright side, all the tests & quizzes are already written too. That was always my least favorite part of teaching. Makes me think I could be replaced by a trained monkey.
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So, yeah, while I am excited to get the chance to teach again, I am chafing at the constraints.